HONG KONG. Sept 15 (Interfax) - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi has expressed confidence that Russia and North Korea will not share nuclear technologies and is hoping for Moscow's assistance in engaging with Pyongyang, South Korean media reported on Friday.
"I cannot conceive that countries would engage in trade or in exchanges (of nuclear weapons technology) with a country that has such a problematic relation with the nonproliferation regime like the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea]," Grossi said in an interview with the Yonhap news agency.
The signatories to the nonproliferation treaty, Russia in particular, will not interact with a non-signatory country in this sphere, he said.
Russia "can help" North Korea in engaging with the IAEA or in creating "confidence building avenues" between the DPRK and other countries, Grossi said.
In its relations with the DPRK, Russia is aware of its obligations as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, he said.
The IAEA is not in talks with the DPRK over sending nuclear inspectors to the country, which expelled them in 2009, he said.