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08:23, July 17, 2007 |
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon welcomed on Monday Pyongyang's shutdown of its nuclear reactor in Yongbyon.
"I am told that the facility has in fact been shut down. This is welcome," Ban told a press conference at the UN Headquarters.
"As secretary-general of the United Nations and as a former foreign minister of the Republic of Korea, I encourage the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and other parties to continue to implement their commitments to realize the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula as soon as possible," he added.
Source: Xinhua
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