Pyongyang-Sana
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea affirmed that it regards the US's continued provocative actions against Pyongyang as a declaration of war.
The KCNA quoted Kwon Jong Joon, Director General of the US Affairs Department of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, as saying in a press statement today: “The United States should bear in mind that if it continues its hostile and provocative practices against the DPRK despite the repeated protest and warning by The latter can be considered a “declaration of war against Pyongyang,” and Washington must realize and accept the consequences that may result from it.
And Jong Joon indicated that the United States and its followers held an open meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the 20th of this month, in which they discussed once again the DPRK's legitimate right to self-defense, stressing that his country is upset and strongly condemns the status of the legitimate right of a sovereign state to defend itself. self on the agenda of the UN Security Council.
He made it clear that if the Security Council has a real intention to contribute to peace and security on the Korean Peninsula, it will have to strongly condemn the United States and South Korea, for their moves in escalating military tension such as repeated deployment of strategic assets and large-scale joint military exercises against the DPRK.
The DPRK official pointed out that as long as Washington is persistently seeking to try to deny the DPRK the right to self-defense, the UN Security Council should not remain a passive spectator, considering that the only way to prevent the vicious circle of escalating military tension in the Korean Peninsula and the surrounding area is For the United States to show a clear and practical position, such as abandoning its commitment to deploy strategic assets in South Korea and stopping joint exercises.
He warned that Pyongyang would take parallel countermeasures if the issue of its right to self-defense was brought to the UN Security Council, instigated and led by the United States.
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