IAEA head welcomes outcome of US-North Korea summit

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The of the UN's nuclear watchdog welcomed today the statement issued by US and North Korean leader at the end of their summit in

"I welcome today's Joint Statement of Trump of the and Kim of the DPRK at the Summit which includes the DPRK's commitment towards complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," Yukiya Amano, of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in a statement.

"The IAEA stands ready to undertake any verification activities in the DPRK that it may be requested to conduct by the countries concerned," the statement adds.

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First Published: Tue, June 12 2018. 16:25 IST