10 January 2003 00:00 TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW OF ALEXANDER YAKOVENKO, THE OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN OF RUSSIA'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, GIVEN TO THE RUSSIAN TELEVISION CHANNEL ONE IN CONNECTION WITH THE REPORTS OF THE DPRK'S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE NPT
Reports of the DPRK's withdrawal from the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) have aroused our serious concern.
Now we are studying the situation. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in close contact with all the concerned parties.
An official statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in this connection can be expected very soon.
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