In response to media queries on the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) nuclear test, the MFA Spokesman said:
"Singapore welcomes the United Nations Security Council's unanimous approval of Resolution 1718 on the DPRK's nuclear test. It was important that the UN show its disapproval of the DPRK's defiance of the will of the international community in a concrete way. We hope that the DPRK will pay heed, abandon its nuclear weapons programme and return to the Six-Party Talks without preconditions. This would be in the DPRK's own best interests."
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
15 OCTOBER 2006