Although it had been widely expected that suspending North Korea's nuclear and missile tests would be a first step to be discussed in the Trump - Kim meeting, the North Korean leader proactively announced before the inter-Korean summit that he will immediately
stop nuclear tests and launches of inter-continental ballistic missiles.
«From 21 April, North Korea will
stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles,» the country's state news agency said.
First, the General Assembly voted 71 to 20 to request all powers to
stop nuclear testing immediately and permanently.
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Not exact matches
However, many experts believe the
test did not prove that the US could
stop a North Korean
nuclear attack.
North Korea had already made some concessions ahead of the summit, including a declaration that it would
stop missile and
nuclear tests and drop its previous demands for US troops to withdraw from the peninsula.
Ruff, who was in Paris last week as part of a last - ditch attempt by members of International Physicians for the Prevention of
Nuclear War to
stop the
tests, says that 60 underground
tests have been carried out by the French since the 1983 scientific visit and that in 1987 scientists found caesium - 137 on Mururoa.
A complete ban on
nuclear testing is a major part of the US policy to
stop the spread of
nuclear weapons.
This pulse
stopped with the Limited
Test Ban Treaty of 1963, which banned aboveground
tests of
nuclear weapons, and the unstable carbon - 14 isotopes have steadily decayed.
As a result of this mission and others, all atmospheric
testing of
nuclear weapons by the United States was
stopped.
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