"The foreign minister is very well aware of the intentions of our supreme leader, so I think you should take his words literally," diplomat Ri Yong Pil told CNN.
The statement clarified the remark made by North Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Ri Yong Ho, who said last month that the DPRK may consider conducting "the most powerful detonation" of a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean amid the unprecedented escalation of tensions with the United States.
Moreover, Kim Jong-un earlier this month praised the country's nuclear weapons as a means of "safeguarding peace" on the Korean Peninsula amid US pressure.
[sputniknews.com]
25/10/17
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North Korea's ambassador called on the U.N. Security Council Wednesday to urgently discuss the recent U.S. joint naval exercise near the Korean peninsula, calling it preparation for a pre-emptive strike and nuclear war against his country.
ReplyDeleteJa Song Nam said in a letter, a copy of which was sent to The Associated Press, that the naval exercise was the largest "waged with general mobilization of the nuclear strategic assets" after U.S. President Donald Trump last month "made the most ferocious declaration of war in history by claiming to 'totally destroy' the DPRK." Those are the initials of the country's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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