North Korea criticized for opposing nuclear weapons program

SEOUL: North Korea on Monday condemned the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for criticizing its country’s nuclear development, calling it a “conspiracy by the US and its followers”. At the 67th IAEA General Conference in Vienna last week, IAEA member states passed a resolution calling on the government of North Korea to suspend its nuclear weapons program and withdraw its nuclear weapons under UN Security Council resolutions, Yonhap news agency reported. Urged to comply with responsibilities. “We strongly condemn and reject the IAEA’s unusual behavior, which diverts service from the United States away from its primary mission as an international organization,” a spokesman for North Korea’s Ministry of Nuclear Energy said in a statement. ” North Korea said, “As long as America’s tyrannical nuclear weapons and imperialist aggressive forces are present on this soil, North Korea’s status as a nuclear-weapon state will remain unchanged and it will never tolerate acts of hostile forces that violate its sovereignty.” Will not tolerate.” The spokesperson took aim at IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, criticizing him for creating “an environment of pressure on North Korea” and “flattering the US and the West”.