DPRK pulls out of six-party talks

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-15-2009 09:05

The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea says the country will withdraw from the six-party nuclear talks.

The announcement came in response to a presidential statement from the UN Security Council on its recent rocket launch.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) holds a conference to mark the 97th birthday of late president Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, DPRK's capital, April 14, 2009. Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of DPRK's Supreme People's Assembly (parliament), said in the conference on Tuesday that DPRK would give punishment if the United States and South Korea try to enkindle flames of war.  (Xinhua/Korean Central News Agency)

The Ministry also says the DPRK will not fulfill any agreements reached so far in the nuclear talks. A statement from the Ministry said the DPRK will strengthen its nuclear power for the purpose of "self-defense".

DPRK State Television Newsreader, said, "We will take the measures to restore to their original state of all nuclear facilities that had been disabled under the agreement of the six-party talks. We will put the operation on a normal track and as part of it, will fully reprocess the spent fuel rods churned out from the pilot atomic power plant."

Editor:Zhang Pengfei