Washington regrets North Korea proliferation
Hillary Clinton says US will do "all we can" to prevent continued nuclear proliferation by North Korea
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Sunday, 14, Jun 2009 05:20
The United States has said it will do "all we can" to prevent continued proliferation by North Korea after it threatened to "weaponise" its plutonium stocks.
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said the reclusive Communist state's actions were "deeply regrettable" and further entrenched its position as an international pariah.
"They have become further isolated. And it is not in the interests of the people of North Korea for that kind of isolation to continue," she said while on an official visit to Canada.
Pyongyang threatened to resume uranium enrichment after the United Nations security council adopted a new round of sanctions which banned weapons exports from North Korea and authorised all member states to inspect sea, air and land cargo and to confiscate and destroy goods that violated previous sanctions.
North Korea, which drew international condemnation for an underground nuclear test in May, has previously said any attempt to search its ships would be an act of war.