Pyongyang: Washington's decision to supply submarines to Canberra will lead to an arms race

Pyongyang-Sana

The DPRK warned today of the danger of the United States' decision to help Australia build nuclear-powered submarines, describing the decision as very dangerous and could lead to a nuclear arms race.

The head of the foreign news department of the DPRK Foreign Ministry was quoted by the Pyongyang Central News Agency as saying that his country will "take similar countermeasures if that decision has a negative, even slight, impact on the country's security," stressing that these are "undesirable and extremely dangerous actions that will upset the strategic balance in the country." Asia-Pacific region and will launch a series of nuclear arms race.”

The DPRK foreign ministry official said his country is "closely studying the background of the US decision."

He criticized the Joe Biden administration, saying that "the United States' double standards undermine the international order and universally accepted norms and threaten global peace and stability."

In the same context, the official supported the criticisms of China and other neighboring countries, which believe that this new tripartite security agreement "destroys regional stability and the international non-proliferation regime," stressing that "the prevailing situation once again shows that strengthening China's national defense capabilities from a long-term perspective does not It should be neglected in order to meet the ever-changing international security environment.”

Last Wednesday, the United States announced the launch of a new trilateral security partnership with Australia and Britain, noting that Washington and London would also work to provide Canberra with "conventionally armed" nuclear submarines.