Seoul (Reuters) – North Korea has passed legislation that formally protects its nuclear weapons policies, in a move that leader Kim Jong Un says has made its nuclear status “irreversible” and has blocked any talks on denuclearization.
The move comes as observers say North Korea is preparing to resume nuclear testing for the first time since 2017, after historic summits with then-President Donald Trump and other world leaders in 2018 failed to persuade Kim to stop developing weapons.
North Korea’s parliament, the Supreme People’s Assembly, approved the bill on Thursday, according to state news agency KCNA. The law defines when nuclear weapons can be used and whether they can be attacked, including protecting the country’s strategic assets.
The law also prohibits sharing nuclear weapons or technology with other countries, KCNA reported.
“The greatest meaning of enacting nuclear weapons policy is to draw an irreversible line so that we do not negotiate on our nuclear weapons,” Kim said in his speech at the Supreme People’s Assembly. Said.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s government has offered to meet with Kim anytime, anywhere, and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said his country will provide tremendous economic aid if Pyongyang steps back from your arsenal.
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