In order to please the USA, European Union Statement on the occasion of the 61st General Conference of the IAEA delivered by Mr Meelis Münt, Vice Minister at Ministry of the Environment ESTONIA concentrated on condemn the DPRK’s latest nuclear test and it’s all nuclear weapons and ballistic missile activities. (Estonia-statement PDF).
Mr Münt said: “The EU strongly condemns the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
DPRK’s latest nuclear test and all nuclear weapons and ballistic missile activities led by the DPRK. Its latest nuclear test, which followed a set of ballistic missile launches, some of which were of intercontinental range, repeatedly and deliberately threaten international peace and security and disrupt the strategic equilibrium in Asia, and beyond. The EU welcomes the unanimous adoption of the UNSC Resolution 2375 on 11 September imposing further sanctions on the DPRK.”
The DPRK is the only State to have conducted nuclear explosive tests in the 21st century, in contravention of several UNSC Resolutions, which interracial on all states to refrain from conducting nuclear test explosions or any other nuclear explosions. Nuclear weapons test explosions or any other nuclear explosions represent a threat to international peace and security and undermine the non-proliferation regime, which the EU has steadfastly supported for decades.
We urge DPRK to reverse course and to abandon its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles programme in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner, cease immediately all related activities, to return to the NPT, IAEA Safeguards at an early date and to sign and ratify the CTBT.
The EU supports diplomatic efforts aimed at achieving the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula through peaceful means. The EU continues to attach the highest importance to maintaining an essential role for the IAEA in verifying the DPRK’s nuclear programme. There is therefore an urgent need for agreement on a strong resolution on the DPRK. being adopted by the General Conference.