Second Vice Foreign Minister Kang In-sun delivers a speech during the high-level segment of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Monday, February 26, 2024.
SEOUL/GENEVA, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) — Second Vice Foreign Minister Kang In-sun urged North Korea to return to the negotiating table for denuclearization and stop its provocations, the Ministry of Affairs said Tuesday. foreign.
Kang made the remarks in a speech to the high-level segment of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on Monday (Swiss time) and noted that the North’s illegal nuclear and missile programs are the “most urgent tasks.” for international peace and security.
“North Korea’s nuclear and missile obsession poses an existential threat to the disarmament and non-proliferation regime, and in recent years the North has fired more than 100 ballistic missiles in flagrant violation of resolutions of the United Nations Security Council,” she stressed.
“It is important to note that the North, which is the only country to have carried out a nuclear test in the 21st century, is quite shameless in boasting about it,” she added. She also warned that Pyongyang could carry out a seventh nuclear test “whenever it wants.”
Representatives from Cuba and North Korea also attended the meeting. Earlier this month, South Korea established diplomatic relations with Cuba. Observers believe that this establishment would have dealt a diplomatic blow to the North, which has long highlighted its close relations with Havana.
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