{"id":192185,"date":"2018-12-03T03:23:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T08:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=192185"},"modified":"2018-12-03T03:23:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T08:23:56","slug":"ban-ki-moon-urges-n-korea-to-take-denuclearization-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/12\/03\/ban-ki-moon-urges-n-korea-to-take-denuclearization-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban Ki moon urges N. Korea to take denuclearization steps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cI’d like to really advise the North Korean leader that the world is ready\u201d to help his country, Ban told The Associated Press, specifically citing South Korea, the U.S., China, Japan and Russia. (File Photo By Chatham House\/Wikimedia <\/a>commons, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TOKYO \u2014 Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday to take concrete steps toward complete denuclearization and gain the trust of the\u00a0international\u00a0community if he wants sanctions lifted.<\/p>\n

Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, said \u201cthis is the time\u201d to achieve North Korea’s denuclearization after nearly a quarter century of unsuccessful efforts, and that the North and the world should not lose this opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’d like to really advise the North Korean leader that the world is ready\u201d to help his country, Ban told The Associated Press, specifically citing South Korea, the U.S., China, Japan and Russia. He said denuclearization is important for a better future for the two Koreas, including reconciliation and reunification.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope this is the time, please do not lose this opportunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kim sharply raised tensions with nuclear and missile tests last year, but suddenly reached out to South Korea and the United States this year with a vague nuclear disarmament pledge.<\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in say tensions have eased significantly since then, but Ban, who is in Tokyo for a World Bank event, said the crisis is not over and that North Korea should fully disclose its nuclear weapons inventory to a trusted\u00a0international\u00a0organization such as theInternational\u00a0Atomic Energy Agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe crisis is still continuing because of North Korea’s development of nuclear, missile and weapons program and materials. It is North Korea which should clearly state and show by taking actions, then I am sure that there will be no reason why the Security Council of the United Nations will continue to impose the sanction on North Korea,\u201d Ban said.<\/p>\n

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