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Iranian President Claims to Hope for Nuclear Arms-Free Korean Peninsula

© REUTERSIranian President Hassan Rouhani waves during a news conference in Tehran, Iran January 17, 2016.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani waves during a news conference in Tehran, Iran January 17, 2016. - Sputnik International
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Iran advises Korean Peninsula neighbouring countries to get rid of any weapons of mass destruction, specifically nuclear weapons, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Iran hopes to see a stable Korean Peninsula without any weapons of mass destruction, specifically nuclear weapons, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday.

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Rouhani met with his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye, for a summit in Tehran, where both leaders brought up the issue of North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic program.

"Iran wishes for peace and stability in the Korean peninsula and we are in principle against producing any kind of Weapons of Mass Destruction. We wish for a world without WMDs and nuclear weapons, especially in the Korean peninsula and the Middle East," Rouhani said, as cited on his official website.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula escalated this year after North Korea successfully tested a hydrogen bomb in early January and put a satellite into orbit a month later, violating UN Security Council resolutions and triggering condemnation from the international community.

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