UN chief welcomes North Korean plan to close nuclear site
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The head of the U.N. is welcoming an announcement by North Korea to close its nuclear test site and says he's also looking forward to the U.S.-North Korean summit.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters Monday in Vienna that "the irreversible closure of the site will be an important confidence-building measure that will configure to further efforts towards sustainable peace and verifiable de-nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
North Korea said Saturday it will dismantle its nuclear test site in less than two weeks, a dramatic event prior to leader Kim Jong Un's summit with U.S. President Donald Trump next month. Trump welcomed the "gracious gesture."
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Guterres says he is looking forward to "this positive momentum being consolidated at the summit between the leaders of the United States and North Korea."