According to him, no world state should use nuclear arsenal to achieve its goals and realize geopolitical ambitions. Recognition of the DPRK by the world community as a nuclear state - this will be the "beginning of the end" for observing the provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

The Japanese minister is confident that Pyongyang's participation in the Olympics should not "tear off European and Asian leaders" from an understanding of the realities of the matter. In addition, Kono shocked European politicians with a photo that clearly shows the North Korean vessel on the UN Security Council sanctions list carrying oil in the South China Sea.

"I remind once again of the importance of sanctions as an instrument of pressure on the totalitarian regime of North Korea," the head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry.

As reported in the "Ur-Inform", NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg argues that the presence of nuclear weapons from Russia, China and the DPRK poses risks for global security.