North Korea Hasn’t Given up Nuclear Weapons Programme: Think Tank

Washington: North Korea continues to secretly develop its nuclear weapons programme despite months of talks with the US, according to a report released by a Washington-based think tank. The Centre for Strategic and International Strategic Studies (CSIS) report released on Monday argues that, despite talks between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Pyongyang is reinforcing thirteen secret facilities that serve primarily to store nuclear weapons, reports Efe news.

These improvements include the expansion of some of these bases and the construction of access roads. The report includes satellite photos that show that in recent months North Korea has carried out a number of improvements to a series of facilities that would “support a missile launch in an emergency”. This information is a setback for President Trump, who in recent months has boasted about the progress made after his summit with Kim in Singapore on June 12, which led, among other gestures, to the decommissioning of the Sohae missile base, in the northwest of the country in July. (IANS)

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