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Roundup: Latin American countries united in condemning latest nuclear test by DPRK

Xinhua, September 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

After the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) carried out a nuclear test on Friday, Latin American countries were swift to condemn this act.

Mexico condemned "in the most energetic terms" the fifth nuclear test by the DPRK which it says is a flagrant violation of multiple Security Council resolutions and the provisions of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

In expressing "its most severe preoccupation at the repetition of such actions," Mexico said the act puts peace and international security at risk.

"The firing of ballistic missiles recently carried out by the DPRK raise obstacles to multilateral efforts to build dialogue, trust and cooperation with the aim of the pacification and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," said a statement by the Mexican government.

The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement, also "vehemently" condemning the test.

"As a staunch supporter of a world free of weapons of mass destruction, Brazil rejects any actions that violate relevant UN Security Council resolutions and increase tensions on the Korean Peninsula," it wrote.

Argentina said it "condemns in the most vigorous terms the new nuclear test conducted by the DPRK." It also demanded that the "DPRK immediately cease all hostile acts, comply with the obligations imposed...by the Security Council resolutions, return to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and lay the foundations for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to restart its safeguards activities in the country."

Latin America's larger economies were joined by countries such as Paraguay, which issued a statement saying "its preoccupation that this type of actions put in danger regional and international stability."

Paraguay also demanded that the DPRK "put an immediate end to these essays."

Honduras Foreign Ministry also condemned the test. It reiterated "its commitment to dialogue and peaceful solutions to these controversies" in order to see "the return of calm and guarantees for peace and international security." Enditem