Seoul, September 30 (IANS): South Korea on Tuesday reaffirmed its "consistent" goal of denuclearising the Korean Peninsula after a senior North Korean diplomat vowed to never give up nuclear weapons during an address at the United Nations. "Denuclearising the Korean Peninsula is the consistent goal of the international community, including South Korea and the United States," the foreign ministry said. The ministry stressed that the UN has also been calling for North Korea to denuclearise through a series of Security Council resolutions, Yonhap News Agency reported. He said imposing denuclearization is "tantamount to demanding (North Korea) surrender sovereignty and right to existence." The foreign ministry reaffirmed that the South Korean government has declared its three-point principle of respecting the North Korean regime, not pursuing unification by absorption and not engaging in hostile acts.