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North Korea rejects call to halt nuclear tests

By Sohail Khan 24 September 2026, 9:27 pm

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North Korea rejects call to halt nuclear tests
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North Korea's foreign ministry has dismissed calls from an international group to stop nuclear tests. The meeting urged North Korea to comply with UN Security Council resolutions regarding denuclearization. North Korea's foreign minister emphasized the country's irreversible nuclear weapons status. Tensions continue to rise following discussions among the United States, South Korea, and Japan on denuclearization. North Korea perceives these statements as provocations from hostile external forces against its state.

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the country's nuclear material production base and nuclear weapons institute, at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this photo released by

North Korea's foreign ministry on Thursday rejected an international statement urging it to halt nuclear tests, with a spokesperson calling it "a grave political provocation against our state" by "hostile forces".

A meeting of ministers from the Friends of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty – a grouping of Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands – said any new nuclear test by North Korea would be irresponsible and unacceptable.

The meeting in New York on Tuesday urged Pyongyang to fully comply with all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions.

The spokesperson for North Korea's foreign ministry described the country as a responsible nuclear-armed state, in a statement carried by state media KCNA.

In another statement carried by KCNA earlier in the day, North Korea's foreign minister Choe Son Hui said Pyongyang's nuclear weapons status is irreversible.

Choe was responding to a separate meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly this week between the United States, South Korea and Japan at which they reaffirmed their commitment to the complete denuclearisation of North Korea.

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, agreed in 1996, bans "any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion" anywhere in the world, with the goal of reducing and ultimately eliminating nuclear weapons.

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