Russia confirms NKorean nuclear test-Tass

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MOSCOW, Oct 9 (Reuters) Russia's defence ministry confirmed that North Korea has conducted a nuclear test today, Itar-Tass news agency reported.

''Our systems monitoring nuclear explosions detected today at 535 hrs Moscow time (0705 hrs IST) a test of a nuclear weapon in North Korea,'' Tass quoted the ministry's department head, Lieutenant-General Vladimir Verkhovtsev as saying.

''We are sure 100-per cent it was an underground nuclear explosion,'' Verkhovtsev added.

The Defence Ministry in Moscow was not immediately available for comment on the Tass report.

Russia, along with the United States, China, South Korea and Japan, is involved in international efforts to persuade Pyongyang to abandon its military nuclear programme.

Russia's foreign ministry had described as ''unacceptable'' North Korea's plans to conduct a nuclear test, announced last week.

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