Leaders at the G7 summit have condemned North Korea over its fourth nuclear test and long-range missile launch early this year.<br />South Korea's foreign ministry says it welcomes the declaration.<br />Oh Jung-hee reports.<br /><br />South Korea has welcomed the G7 leaders' statement condemning North Korea.<br />It also urged the regime to take steps toward denuclearization and cooperate with the international community.<br /><br />The South Korean foreign ministry said Friday... the statement is just the latest warning from the international community to North Korea.<br />Last month, at a foreign ministerial meeting led by Russia and China, 26 member states adopted a joint resolution... calling on the North to abandon its nuclear program.<br />Also, South Korean President Park Geun-hye's visits to Iran, Indonesia, Mongolia and Ethiopia this year.. have ramped up the international pressure on North Korea to denuclearize.<br /><br />The G7 statement released earlier in the day sends yet another clear warning to North Korea.<br />The statement condemns North Korea "in the strongest terms" over its fourth nuclear test in January and subsequent ballistic missiles launches this year.<br />It also demands that North Korea immediately and fully abide by all relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the joint statement of the 2005 six-party talks.<br />The world leaders urged Pyongyang to not conduct any more nuclear tests or missile launches... and to stop all provocative acts that pose a grave threat to regional peace and security.<br />They called for greater cooperation among members of the international community... in fully implementing and enforcing the existing UN sanctions on the North.<br />The G7 also called on the regime to address the international community's concerns about its human rights abuses and Japanese abductees in North Korea.<br />Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News. <br /><br /><br />
