Bahrain strongly condemns North Korea's hydrogen bomb test

Manama, Jan. 8 (BNA): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain has strongly condemned the Democratic People's Republic of Korea’s announcement that it tested a hydrogen nuclear bomb, considering it as a flagrant violation of the United Nation Security Council's resolutions and a real threat to the international peace and security. "The Ministry reaffirms the Kingdom’s support to all international efforts to ban Non-Proliferation of Weapon of Mass Destruction across the world, and calls upon Korea to strictly adhere to its commitment of the NPT which constitutes the basis of the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons under the safeguards system of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)," the ministry said in a statement. "The Ministry also urges the International community to take all necessary measures to confront any violations of the Treaty in order to preserve international security and peace," the ministry added.