(LEAD) N.K. leader's sister dismisses IAEA's denuclearization calls, reiterates nuclear status

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SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) -- Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, on Thursday rejected international calls for denuclearization as "all noises," calling the regime's nuclear status "absolute."

She made the remarks in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) as the 70th regular session of the IAEA General Conference is currently under way in Vienna, Austria.

The conference has voiced concern over North Korea's expanding nuclear capacity, urging Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons program in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner in compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Ahead of the session, the agency also released the IAEA Director General's Safeguards Report on North Korea, detailing a substantial increase in Pyongyang's uranium enrichment capacity and the expansion of its core nuclear facilities.

The North Korean leader's sister dismissed the calls as "all noises, not surprising and not new."

"No matter how desperately the IAEA and the West may hold periodic meetings and talk about the denuclearization according to the fixed scenario, they can have no effect on the will and ability of the DPRK to take all necessary measures to defend the supreme interests of the state," she said. DPRK is short for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name.

"The DPRK's position as a nuclear weapons state is absolute which cannot reverse with anything," she argued, adding, "The reality in which the nuclear position of the DPRK has been permanently settled physically and legally cannot change even a bit.

"No one and nothing can ever reverse the crucial changes in the strength and position of the DPRK and prevent them in the future, too."

A South Korean unification ministry official said the ministry is "taking note" of Kim's remarks, against the backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump having expressed interest in a summit with the North Korean leader.

The ministry is said to have assessed Kim's statement as an attempt to make clear to Washington that denuclearization is off the table for any potential summit.

North Korea, meanwhile, has continued to respond to developments involving its weapons programs and security issues in the region.

The latest came Wednesday night, when a spokesperson for its defense ministry denounced recent talks between South Korea and the U.S. on countering its weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

At the annual Combined WMD Countermeasures Committee meeting last Thursday, Seoul and Washington agreed to strengthen information sharing on North Korea's WMD, as Pyongyang continues to advance its nuclear and missile capabilities.

Wednesday's statement marked the North's first response to the director-level consultative body, which the two allies launched in 2017, according to the official.

This file photo, taken Feb. 10, 2018, is of Kim Yo-jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister. (Yonhap)

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首尔，9月17日（韩联社）——朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹金与正周四驳斥了国际社会要求朝鲜弃核的呼吁，称其“全是噪音”，并称朝鲜政权的核地位是“绝对的”。

她在朝鲜中央通讯社（朝中社）发表的声明中发表了上述言论。目前，国际原子能机构第70届大会正在奥地利维也纳举行。

会议对朝鲜不断扩大的核能力表示关切，敦促平壤按照《不扩散核武器条约》(NPT) 的规定，以完全、可核查和不可逆转的方式放弃其核武器计划。

在会议召开前，该机构还发布了国际原子能机构总干事关于朝鲜的保障监督报告，详细介绍了平壤铀浓缩能力的大幅提升及其核心核设施的扩建。

朝鲜领导人的妹妹驳斥了这些呼吁，称其“全是噪音，并不令人惊讶，也不是什么新鲜事”。

“无论国际原子能机构和西方国家如何不遗余力地定期举行会议，并按照既定方案讨论无核化问题，都无法动摇朝鲜民主主义人民共和国捍卫国家最高利益的意愿和能力，”她说道。朝鲜民主主义人民共和国是朝鲜的正式国名。

“朝鲜作为核武器国家的地位是绝对的，任何事都无法改变，”她辩称，“朝鲜的核地位在物质和法律上已经永久确定，这一现实甚至不能有丝毫改变。”

“没有任何人或事能够逆转朝鲜民主主义人民共和国实力和地位的重大变化，也无法阻止未来再次发生此类变化。”

韩国统一部一名官员表示，该部正在“关注”金正恩的言论，此前美国总统唐纳德·特朗普曾表示有兴趣与朝鲜领导人举行峰会。

据称，朝鲜国防部认为金正恩的声明意在向华盛顿表明，无核化在任何潜在的峰会上都不在讨论范围之内。

与此同时，朝鲜继续对其武器计划和地区安全问题的事态发展作出回应。

最新进展发生在周三晚上，韩国国防部发言人谴责了韩国和美国最近就应对其大规模杀伤性武器（WMD）进行的会谈。

在上周四举行的年度联合大规模杀伤性武器对策委员会会议上，首尔和华盛顿同意加强对朝鲜大规模杀伤性武器的信息共享，因为平壤正在继续提升其核武器和导弹能力。

据这位官员称，周三的声明标志着朝鲜首次对两国于 2017 年成立的主任级磋商机构作出回应。

这张资料照片拍摄于 2018 年 2 月 10 日，拍摄者是朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹金与正。 （韩联社）

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