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Foreign Secretary Condemns North Korea Nuclear Test

Wed, October 04, 2006

Source: FCO

Following the statement on Tuesday, 3 October by the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) that it would conduct a nuclear test, the Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, said:

Following the statement on Tuesday, 3 October by the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) that it would conduct a nuclear test, the Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, said:

'I was appalled to read the statement by the Government of the DPRK. The international community has repeatedly urged the Government of the DPRK to refrain from both missile testing and nuclear testing. A nuclear test would be viewed by the UK and the international community as a highly provocative act with serious repercussions for the DPRK. It would also be totally incompatible with the DPRK’s commitments under the Non-Proliferation Treaty and is completely against the expressed will of the international community under UN Security Council Resolution 1695.

'I call on the DPRK to continue to observe a moratorium on testing. This is of vital importance to the peace of the region and to the cause of preventing proliferation of nuclear weapons world-wide.'

Foreign & Commonwealth Office