Vienna, June 15, SPA -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Monday said he was "greatly concerned" about North Korea's recent nuclear test, which he said had created an environment of confrontation. "I deeply regret this, particularly at a time when the prospectsfor progress on nuclear disarmament are far better than they havebeen at any time in the recent past," the IAEA director general saidat a meeting of the agency's governing board in Vienna, according to a report of German News Agency "DPA".--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/674757