“The only way to stop the vicious cycle of escalating military tension on the Korean Peninsula and surrounding areas is for the US to give up its commitment to deploying strategic assets to South Korea and conduct joint exercises against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea under various pretexts,” North Korea said to the United States. It’s about taking an explicit behavioral stance, such as stopping them.”
In a statement released on the 24th by the Korean Central News Agency, Kwon Jeong-geun, director of the US Department of the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said, “Despite our repeated protests and warnings, the United States continues its hostile and provocative practices against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It should be borne in mind that it can be regarded as
Regarding the 8th Extended Deterrence Operations Exercise (DSC TTX) held at the Pentagon by the ROK and US Defense Ministry on the 22nd (local time), Director Kwon argued that it was a “demonstration of nuclear war against us.”
Regarding the UN Security Council convening a meeting to discuss the issue of North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch on the 20th (local time), Director-General Kwon said, “We have submitted the legitimate right of self-defence to the UN Security Council. I am very displeased with what was ordered and I strongly protest and condemn it.”
Director Kwon said, “If the UN Security Council sincerely intends to contribute to ensuring peace and security on the Korean Peninsula, it will be able to take military actions such as the investment of strategic assets and large-scale joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea, which are being widely spread in opposition to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. We will have to strictly condemn the acts that intensify tension,” he said.
“If the United Nations Security Council, whose main goal is to guarantee world peace and security, is swayed by the United States and its followers as it is now, and becomes a rampage that judges the injustice to justice and the illegal to legal, military tensions on the Korean peninsula will intensify. It will only lead to negative consequences that will further aggravate the situation.”
He protested that U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced that he would re-promote the presidential statement condemning North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), calling it “a clear violation of our nation’s right to self-defense.”
He said, “As long as the United States is desperately pursuing an attempt to compromise our right to self-defense by bringing the UN Security Council to the fore, we will never stand by.” We are reminded again of our position that if we put it back on the table, strong countermeasures will follow.”
Source: Donga
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