Pyongyang has pledged to contribute to global efforts to ban all nuclear weapons tests, North Korea's ambassador to the UN in Geneva Han Tae-song said addressing the UN disarmament body, Conference on Disarmament.
"DPRK will join international desires and efforts for a total ban on nuclear tests," the diplomat said.
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The change in North Korean rhetoric occurred ahead of the summit between the country's leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump scheduled for June. Pyongyang has already demonstrated its determination to abandon nuclear weapons as the country started to dismantle facilities at its only-known Punggye-ri nuclear test site.
In April, North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un announced his plans to end nuclear and missile tests immediately and shut a nuclear test side in the country's north. The world hailed the long-awaited decision of Pyongyang as the tensions on the Korean Peninsula was running high after years of nuclear and missile tests conducted by North Korea.