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France welcomes UN resolution to impose stiffer sanctions against DPRK

Xinhua, March 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

French Foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault welcomes United Nations Security Council's unanimous adoption of resolution 2270 which imposes stronger sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), French Foreign Ministry Quai d'Orsay said Wednesday night.

"This is a firm and determined response from the international community to the irresponsible and unacceptable provocations of this country (the DPRK)," Ayrault said in a press release, stressing that France had already "firmly condemned" the nuclear test of January 6 and the rocket launch of Febrauary 7 by the DPRK.

Ayrault also called on the DPRK to immediately comply with its international obligations and to "conduct the outright, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement of its nuclear and missile programs".

The UN Security Council unanimously approved Wednesday, in a 15-0 vote, the new sanctions against the DPRK, which conducted its fourth nuclear test on January 6 and went ahead with a long-range rocket launch on February 7. Enditem