Posted on 09/06/2021 8:20:51 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg slammed North Korea for violating arms control rules and advancing nuclear capabilities on Monday, calling for a stronger Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to help enforce global norms against nuclear weapons.
During the 17th NATO conference on arms control and weapons of mass destruction on Monday, Stoltenberg denounced the DPRK along with Iran for “ignoring or breaking the global rules” and “spreading dangerous technology.”
“NATO’s aim is a world free of nuclear weapons. And we are ready to take further steps to create the conditions for nuclear disarmament negotiations. But any meaningful disarmament must be balanced and verifiable,” Stoltenberg said.
The secretary general also criticized North Korea — along with Russia and China — for undermining international arms control treaties.
Suggesting the current NPT framework should be reinforced, Stoltenberg added that NATO would not unilaterally disarm: “A world where NATO allies have given up their nuclear deterrent, while Russia, China or countries like North Korea retain their nuclear weapons, is simply not a safer world.”
Stoltenberg’s latest remarks reflect NATO’s ongoing efforts to expand its focus to Asia and take a bigger role in addressing the North Korea nuclear issue.
In June, NATO issued a joint statement calling for the “complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea” and urging Pyongyang to return to talks with Washington.
The joint statement followed encouragement from the Joe Biden administration for NATO to “deepen” cooperation with its allies in the Indo-Pacific. Experts assessed deeper NATO involvement in Asia, however, would push North Korea “even closer to China.”
Meanwhile, China’s director-general of Asian affairs Liu Jinsong met with the North Korean deputy ambassador to China Chung Hyun Woo on Monday and exchanged friendly talks on North Korea-China relations and common interests, according to China’s foreign ministry.
“You’re bweaking my bawls, Jens, you’re bweaking my bawls!”
So Asia is in the North Atlantic now?
> calling for a stronger Non-Proliferation Treaty <
Yes, more treaties! More pieces of paper! After all, you got rid of mean old Donald Trump. Now you’ve got Rip van Winkle in the White House.
Biden will enforce those treaties to the letter. You betcha!
Lets have Dementia Joe go talk to North Korea.
That will never happen in anybodys lifetime.
What say you New York Times?
Pot? Kettle?
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