Pope Franci­s also repeat­ed his call for the “status quo” of Jerusa­lem to remain intact­VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis called on Monday for all nations to support dialogue to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula and to work for a legally binding ban on nuclear weapons. Trump has announced that the United States will withdraw from the agreement. The pope addressed diplomats a day before North Korea and South Korea are due to hold talks expected to address North Korea’s participation in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. He noted that the Holy See was among 122 states that last year agreed to a United Nations treaty to ban nuclear weapons. The United States, Britain, France and others boycotted the talks that led to the treaty, instead pledging commitment to a decades-old Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Source: The Express Tribune January 08, 2018 12:11 UTC