North Korea slams UN nuclear company as US mouthpiece By Reuters

By Hyonhee Shin

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Monday denounced the U.N. atomic watchdog for becoming a member of a U.S.-led strain marketing campaign and “cooking up” a decision over its nuclear programmes, calling the company a “paid trumpeter” for Washington.

An unnamed spokesman of Pyongyang’s Ministry of Nuclear Energy Business launched an announcement criticising a decision adopted on Friday on the Worldwide Atomic Vitality Company (IAEA) common convention that requires the North to curb its nuclear programmes.

The spokesman described the decision as a “results of conspiracy” by the USA and its allies, saying North Korea’s standing as a nuclear weapons state has already turn out to be “irreversible.”

“Such farce of the hostile forces is a revelation of their sinister intention to cowl up their prison acts of critically threatening the worldwide nuclear non-proliferation system and justify their hostile coverage towards the DPRK,” he stated, in keeping with state media KCNA.

DPRK refers back to the North’s official identify, the Democratic Folks’s Republic of Korea.

The spokesman additionally accused IAEA chief Rafael Grossi of “taking the lead in creating the environment of pressurising the DPRK” by “spreading a false story” about an imminent nuclear take a look at.

Grossi warned final 12 months that the reclusive nation may resume nuclear testing for the primary time since 2017.

“If the IAEA needs to keep away from worldwide criticism as a paid trumpeter of the U.S., it could be nicely suggested to commit itself to tackling the difficulties dealing with the worldwide neighborhood,” the spokesman stated, referring to what it calls U.S. nuclear proliferation and Japan’s discharge of wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.

The IAEA has had no entry to North Korea since Pyongyang expelled its inspectors in 2009 after which restarted nuclear testing.