Statement by Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs on North Korea’s Announced Nuclear Test

January 6, 2016

ASTANA, 6 January 2016 – Today, the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced that it had successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test. In this regard, Kazakhstan strongly condemns and deems unacceptable such actions of DPRK in violation of the UN Security Council resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013) and 2094 (2013).

As co-chair, along with Japan, of the Ninth Article XIV Conference of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), Kazakhstan believes the actions of DPRK seriously undermine the international community’s efforts along the path of nuclear disarmament and strengthening the non-proliferation regime and global security in general, as well as the efforts of the majority of the countries in the world to ensure the early entry into force of the CTBT.

Read the full statement here