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The UN nuclear watchdog said it did not find any indication that the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) had stopped its nuclear
activities, adding to doubts about the country’s willingness to abandon
its arsenal.
“The continuation and further development of
the DPRK’s nuclear program and related statements by the DPRK are a
cause for grave concern,” the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
said in a report published late on Monday.
The report will be submitted to the IAEA’s board meeting next month.
The
DPRK said it would immediately suspend nuclear and missile tests, scrap
its nuclear test site and instead pursue economic growth and peace,
ahead of a high-profile summit between DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and
Republic of Korea's President Moon Jae-in in April.
The Punggye-ri nuclear test site in the DPRK
In
May, Pyongyang blew up tunnels at its main nuclear test site. A group
of international journalists were invited to witness the demolition the
Punggye-ri site.
During the landmark summit with US
President Donald Trump in Singapore in June, Kim said his country is
firmly and unwaveringly committed to the complete denuclearization of
the Korean Peninsula.
US
President Donald Trump (R) shows the document that he and DPRK leader
Kim Jong Un signed acknowledging the progress of the talks and pledge to
keep momentum going, after their summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa
island in Singapore, June 12, 2018.
On Monday, Trump
told Reuters that he believed the DPRK had taken specific steps toward
denuclearization and that he would “most likely” meet again with Kim.
The IAEA said verifying DPRK's nuclear weapons program would be a large and complex task.
“As
the agency remains unable to carry out verification activities in the
DPRK, its knowledge of the DPRK’s nuclear program is limited and, as
further nuclear activities take place in the country, this knowledge is
declining,” the IAEA said.
(REUTERS)
