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FM Spokesman Assails Biased Attitude of Some Forces of IAEA

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, October 14 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA Thursday as regards the improper attitude of the United States and some forces of IAEA toward the nuclear issue of south Korea: Since the disclosure of the secrete nuclear-related experiments in south Korea the world public has become evermore suspicious that south Korea has pushed forward its nuclear weapons development plan in secrecy since the 1970s and might have fully acquired the capacity to manufacture them.
    Some forces of the IAEA, however, are becoming all the more undisguised in their moves to cover up the secrete nuclear experiments in south Korea as quickly as possible at any cost, deliberately playing down the gravity of those experiments.
    They are working hard to assuage the importance of inspection of secret nuclear experiments in south Korea even before it came to an end, claiming that the south Korean nuclear activities were mere experiments by individual scholars and the third round of inspection slated for October is according to a regular procedure, not because the earlier two rounds of inspection proved insufficient. They do not hesitate to use the universally known legitimate nuclear activities of the DPRK as a leverage for covering up the south Korean nuclear issue, asserting that it is fundamentally different from the DPRK's nuclear issue as it does not comparison with the latter.
    Even Director General of IAEA Baradei is busying himself to create impression that the settlement of the nuclear issue is delayed owing to the DPRK, blustering that the international community is losing patience as regards the DPRK over the issue of the six-party talks and now is the time for the UN Security Council to act.
    The nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. surfaced due to the hostile policy of the Bush administration towards the former and the six-party talks could not make any progress owing to its behavior.
    The biased attitude of some forces of IAEA cannot be interpreted otherwise than an abnormal move which has nothing to do with the mission and impartiality of the UN specialized organization whose mission is to prevent nuclear proliferation.
    The DPRK is not a member of NPT and withdrew from IAEA ten years ago. As the DPRK has already clarified, it has nothing to do with IAEA as an umbrella has nothing in common with fish.
    This being a hard reality, some forces of IAEA are remaining hostile toward the DPRK engaged in just activities, neither knowing where they stand nor mentioning even a word about the unjust behavior of the U.S. In consequence, the issue of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula is facing a new challenge and the prospect of its settlement is becoming gloomier.
    Some forces of IAEA should bear in mind the adverse impact their double standards will have on the security in Northeast Asia.
    We would like to take this opportunity to state that we cannot overlook the irresponsible attitude taken by Baradei, ignoring the reality and forgetful of his duty. He expressed "serious concern" at a time when the south Korean nuclear issue cropped up, but as soon as U.S. State Secretary Powell made remarks defending south Korea he made an about-face and pointed an accusing finger at the DPRK. This goes to prove that he serves the U.S., forgetting his position of director general of IAEA.
    We will continue to closely follow the results of the probe into the south Korean nuclear issue, expecting that IAEA would return to its true mission and the principle of impartiality, though belatedly.