The International Atomic Energy Agency wants to reconnect with North Korea

The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said in an interview published by the Russian newspaper Izvestiawish to resume contact with North Korea.

I think we need to resume cooperation with the DPRKdeclared Mr. Grossi, using the official acronym of North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea).

The experts of theIAEAwho had visited North Korea regularly since 1992, were expelled from the country in April 2009. The same month, Pyongyang withdrew from international negotiations begun in 2003 on its nuclear program, before carrying out its second atomic bomb test the next month.

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The country has a very ambitious nuclear program which includes fuel production, uranium processing, regeneration and nuclear reactors. And I’m not talking about nuclear weapons, but about a very large number of nuclear installations, the only ones in the world not to be monitoredcontinued the boss of theIAEA.

And so no one – nor usIAEA nor neighboring countries, including Russia and China – no one knows whether minimum safety standards are being met.

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Rafael Grossi also wanted to avoid repeating the same mistakes with North Korea as in the Iranian nuclear issue.

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North Korea has increased its isolation from the international community in recent years, cutting all ties with its South Korean neighbor and increasing weapons tests banned by UN resolutions.UNbut at the same time getting closer to Russia and China.