North Korea has told America that forcing it to give up nuclear weapons “is a declaration of war”. At a United Nations Security Council meeting on Monday, delegates tried to negotiate an end to North Korea’s repeated missile tests over neighbouring countries. But those attending brought back up the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, infuriating the DPRK.
Now, Cho Chul-soo warned that “forcing the DPRK to give up nuclear weapons is a declaration of war”.
The Director General of International Organizations at North Korea’s foreign ministry said: “The US representative to the UN again risked our exercise of our right to self-defence, arguing long-windedly about the old (Complete, Verifiable, Irreversible Denuclearisation) and some kind of ‘human rights situation’.
“The more the US staged a mock arena against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on the UN arena, the more it would only expose the failure of US-style diplomacy to the world, which is anachronistic, unrealistic, and messed up.
“Thomas Greenfield may think that he is ‘struggled’ for the national interest of the United States, but in reality, he must be aware that he is only doing disgraceful things that terribly damage the image of the US administration.”
Cho then threatened “any force” against North Korea’s nuclear weapons will be “dealt with resolutely”.
“Even today, the international community is watching with anger and pain the US’s crimes against humanity,” he said referencing the Iraq war 20 years ago and Afghanistan.
“Now, how many more countries are being invaded and how many more people must shed blood before the US imperialist’s high-handedness and arbitrariness will stop.
“Even a few days ago, I warned that Thomas Greenfield would surely deplore his situation as a mere pawn and minion of the substance of the United States in relation to his daring to risk our “human rights situation”.
“If Thomas Greenfield continues to speak maliciously without self-restraint even now, he will be the first to stand before the judgment seat of the <Evil Empire> as a pawn.”
Just two days ago North Korea simulated a nuclear counterattack in its latest missile incursion.
The drill saw the DPRK prepare for an attack on South Korea, and marked its fifth missile demonstration this month.
Leader Kim Jong Un instructed his military to hold more drills to sharpen the war readiness of his nuclear forces in the face of “aggression” by his enemies, state media reported.
It comes after North Korea claimed 800,000 soldiers signed up to fight US in just one day.
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