GCC deeply concerned over N. Korea s H Bomb test

1/14/2016 7:09:58 AM

(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))

RIYADH 14th January 2016 (WAM) -- The Gulf Cooperation Council GCC is deeply concerned over North Korea's hydrogen bomb test which it says could threaten peace and security in the Korean Peninsula and the world Secretary-General Abdullatif bin Rashed Al-Zayani said on Thursday.

In a press statement carried by the Kuwait News Agency KUNA Al-Zayani said that the hydrogen bomb test was a violation of international law stressing that the GCC was in support of all efforts to prevent the spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction WMD.

The test was in violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty NPT said Al-Zayani calling on the international community to take the necessary procedures to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.

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