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Nuclear watchdogs prepare for potential U.S.-North Korea deal

Two nuclear watchdogs, the IAEA and CTBTO, declared themselves prepared to carry out the monitoring and verification North Korea would need for denuclearization.

U.S. fighters and bombers in a show of force with allies responding to a North Korean missile launch.
U.S. fighters and bombers in a show of force with allies responding to a North Korean missile launch. (AN/Robert Sullivan)

VIENNA (AN) — Two nuclear watchdogs declared themselves prepared to carry out the monitoring and verification North Korea would need to fulfill its renewed vow for denuclearization.

The two Vienna-based international organizations — the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty Organization, or CTBTO — offered to dispatch teams of international inspectors and other experts to North Korea.

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