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KCNA Refutes IAEA Director General's Remarks

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

   Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- El-Baradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), reportedly let loose a string of absurd remarks at the U.S. Congress recently that north Korea's pursuance of the development of nuclear weapons is likely to send the worst signal to other countries and that north Korea has not implemented the NPT at all. His remarks go to prove that the IAEA is acting a waiting maid of the U.S. because it is only echoing Washington's assertion that the DPRK should drop its nuclear weapons program first, failing to understand the origin and nature of the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S., away from its principle of impartiality as an international organization.
    It is widely known that the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. surfaced as the U.S. has ceaselessly bolstered the latest nuclear combat equipment in south Korea, increasing its nuclear threat to the DPRK.
    "Dialogue" and "diplomacy" on the lips of the U.S. as regards the nuclear issue are nothing but hypocrisy aimed to gain time. It is an undeniable fact that what the U.S. really seeks is not to let the DPRK move from the negotiating table but increase pressure upon it in every aspect and escalate the nuclear stand-off behind the scene.
    The DPRK's nuclear deterrent for self-defence can never be "the primary international security concern" as it is totally aimed to cope with the nuclear threat of the U.S. It is, therefore, nonsensical that the DPRK's nuclear deterrent sends the "worst signal" to other countries.
    "Concern" and "signal" touted by El-Baradei fully reflect the crafty intention of the U.S. to lay an "international siege" to the DPRK on the charge of being a "nuclear criminal" in a bid to isolate and stifle the DPRK at any cost.
    El-Baradei, insensible to the reality, talked again about the DPRK's non-compliance with the NPT. This is an unreasonable remark ignoring the sovereignty of the DPRK as it is not obliged to implement the NPT.
    As already known, in order not to allow the supreme interests of the state to be encroached upon any longer, the DPRK government in a statement issued on January 10, 2003 declared that its withdrawal from the NPT which had been temporarily suspended would automatically and immediately take effect. The DPRK thus completely pulled out of the NPT on January 11, 2003.
    Nevertheless, El-Baradei is still pulling up the DPRK this or that way.
    This clearly shows how shamelessly he is working to apply the same method of inspection to the DPRK as that applied in inspecting Iraq as a prelude to the U.S. aggression against it.
    If the IAEA is truly interested in the nuclear non-proliferation, it should call the U.S. unreasonable action into question before anything else.
    The IAEA fully disclosed its true colours as a servant of the U.S. by pressurizing the DPRK to comply with the NPT though it is no longer a signatory to it, turning a blind eye to the U.S. wanton violation of it and U.S. escalation of the nuclear threat to the DPRK. El- Baradei was impudent enough to talk about "enriched uranium program" and the like as dictated by his master, oblivious of his position as the boss of an international organization. He should be ashamed of behaving like that way.