North Korea will join international efforts to implement a ban on nuclear weapon testing, the country’s ambassador to the UN said on Tuesday in Geneva.

The DPRK’s UN Ambassador Han Tae Song made the remarks during a conference on disarmament, and the comments come with North Korea set to close its nuclear testing facility at Punggye-ri.

“DPRK will join international desires and efforts for a total ban on nuclear tests,” Han said.

But despite the commitment, North Korea is not a member of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as it withdrew in 2003.

North Korea is also