India on Tuesday banned exports and imports of all items from North Korea that can be used in nuclear or ballistic missile plans of the communist nation.
The decision conforms to United Nations Security Council's resolutions and the International Atomic Energy Agency's sanctions on North Korea in the nuclear field following the country's refusal to refrain from conducting nuclear tests or missile tests.
The Commerce Ministry imposed a blanket ban on "all items, materials, equipment, goods and technologies which could contribute to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear-related, ballistic missile-related and other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes".
According to a notification of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, the ban will cover both direct and indirect trade of these items. Items that come under the ban include industrial equipment such as high density shields, robots, testing equipment like uranium isotope separation equipment, controlled atmosphere induction furnaces for vacuum and inert gas.
In June, the UNSC had imposed sanctions against North Korea, following their nuclear and short-range ballistic missile tests earlier this year.
North Korea's neighbours, including South Korea and Japan, have protested that the communist country's nuclear and missile tests and capacity building in the field of defence was a direct threat to their security.
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