时间：2024-09-22 09:51:13 来源：玉林新闻

North Korea launches what it claims to be a hypersonic missile, Jan. 11, in this photo provided by the North Korean government. AP-Yonhap

The United States and Japan reaffirmed their commitment to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula Thursday, urging North Korea to quickly return to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

The countries also urged all U.N. member countries to fully implement U.N. Security Council sanctions on the North.

"We are strongly committed to the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement of all of North Korea's nuclear weapons, other weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles of all ranges, as well as related programs and facilities, in accordance with relevant UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs)," the countries said in a joint statement.

"We urge North Korea to abide by all relevant UNSCRs and return at an early date to and fully comply with the NPT and IAEA safeguards. We call on the entire international community to fully implement these relevant UNSCRs," they added.

The joint statement comes after Pyongyang hinted at the resumption of its nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missile testing.

The North said Thursday (KST) it was considering resuming "temporarily-suspended activities" that it noted were suspended as part of efforts to build trust with the U.S.

North Korea maintained a self-imposed moratorium on nuclear weapons and long-range missile testing since November 2017. However, the country has staged more than 10 short-range missiles launches since Joe Biden took office in 2021, including four this year.

On Thursday, the U.N. Security Council was set to discuss additional sanctions on North Korea proposed by the U.S. for its latest missile tests, but reports said the move was delayed by China, one of the five veto-wielding permanent members of the council.

The reports said the delay could last up to six months and can also be extended by another three months, which could permanently remove the U.S. proposal for additional sanctions from U.N. Security Council deliberations.

The U.S. and Japan reiterated the importance of the international nuclear non-proliferation regime, from which North Korea withdrew in 2003.

"Japan and the United States wholly reaffirm their commitment to the NPT, which has been the cornerstone of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament for 51 years since coming into force," the countries said, adding the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki serve as "stark reminders that the 76-year record of non-use of nuclear weapons must be maintained."

The joint statement also came a day before Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will hold a virtual summit, the first of its kind since Kishida took office in October.

North Korea has remained unresponsive to U.S. overtures since Biden took office. It has also stayed away from denuclearization talks with the U.S. since late 2019. (Yonhap)

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