The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Monday condemned the nuclear test of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), calling on the country to come back to the six-party talks.

"The Alliance condemns in the strongest terms possible the North Korean nuclear weapon test. The test poses an extremely serious threat to security in the Pacific region and the world," said the NATO headquarters in a written statement.

The 26-member military alliance called upon the DPRK to "cease immediately the development of any nuclear weapon technologies, to return immediately to the six-party Talks without precondition, and to completely and verifiably eliminate its nuclear weapons and related programs."

The statement said that NATO joins all of the international community in calling on the DPRK to abide by its non-proliferation obligations, and will continue to monitor developments with attention and deep concern.