Seoul, May 28 -- North Korea on Thursday condemned the joint statement issued by the Quad nations calling for Pyongyang's complete denuclearisation, reiterating that it will never abandon its nuclear weapons program, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.

The foreign ministers of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, comprising India, Australia, Japan, alongwith US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, reaffirmed their commitment to the "complete denuclearisation" of North Korea during their meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday.

In response, North Korea's foreign ministry accused the Quad of interfering in Pyongyang's sovereign affairs and serving as "nothing but a political and diplomatic tool serving the realisation of US unipolar dominanc...