"This time, the test launch of a tactical guided missile of a new type is an action based on the right to self-defense of a sovereign state," the KCNA said, citing Ri Pyong-chol, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
"In the current situation, when South Korea and the United States are constantly conducting dangerous military exercises, importing ultra-modern weapons, we had to gather military forces to reliably protect the security of our state," he said as quoted by the agency.
In his statement, the North Korean official regarded the comments of US President Joe Biden, who said that North Korea’s tests violated U.N. Resolution 1718, as "a manifestation of hostility." "Such statements by the President of the United States are an open encroachment on the right to self-defense of our state," according to the statement.
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North Korea has condemned Biden’s recent remarks regarding missile tests conducted by Pyongyang, warning the US that it may face “something that is not good” if the president continues to make similar “thoughtless remarks.”
ReplyDeleteThe Saturday statement from Ri Pyong Chol, the secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, notes that Biden is shedding light on his “deep-seated hostility” toward North Korea.
“The recent testfire of new-type tactical guided missiles was an act tantamount to the exercise of the full-fledged right of a sovereign state for self-defense, as it was a process that had been undertaken to implement the goals of the policy on national defense science set forth by our party and government to boost the defense capabilities of the country,” Ri explains.
“Such remarks from the US president are an undisguised encroachment on our state’s right to self-defense and provocation to it.”