N Korea Rejects UN Nuke Inspectors

World | December 4, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

North Korea has rejected a call by the United Nations nuclear watchdog to open its alleged weapons programme to inspectors, a report has said. North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam-Sun made the announcement in a letter sent to the UN body on Monday, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Friday said it "deplored" Pyongyang's assertion that it was entitled to possess nuclear weapons. The UN agency called on North Korea to accept inspections of its alleged atomic weapons programme.

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