THE EMBASSY OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO SWITZERLAND
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No 45/24 November 2, 2024
1. Press Statement of Spokesperson for DPRK Foreign Ministry 2. Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Vice Department Director of C.C., WPK
Press Statement of Spokesperson for DPRK Foreign Ministry Pyongyang, November 2 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued the following statement titled "The DPRK will further intensify its practical efforts to deter the military threat of the hostile forces and maintain the balance of forces in the region" on Friday: The test-fire of the latest ICBM Hwasongpho-19 recently conducted by the DPRK constitutes a legitimate and just exercise of the right of a sovereign state to self-defence from A to Z as it is a part of the practical counteraction to the provocative reckless moves of the hostile forces to openly destroy peace and stability in the region around the Korean peninsula while blatantly challenging the sovereignty, security and interests of the DPRK. However, the U.S. and its vassal forces revealed their provocative intention to convene a meeting of the UNSC with an aim to seriously encroach upon the DPRK's right to self-defence, not content with staging joint air drills of aggressive nature on the Korean peninsula and in its vicinity while viciously slandering its reasonable exercise of sovereignty. The Foreign Ministry of the DPRK expresses serious concern over the hostile forces' confrontational behavior to create a critical situation against the security environment of the DPRK by means of illegal double standards and sophism just like a guilty party filling the suit first. It strongly denounces and rejects this as a wanton violation of the UN Charter and other recognized international laws with sovereign equality and non-interference in internal affairs as their core and a grave challenge to international peace and security. There is no such place on earth as the Korean peninsula where touch-and-go and acute nuclear confrontation continues and unilateral military provocations against a sovereign state and extremely malicious and provocative rhetorical threats like the "end of regime" are rampant. This year alone, the U.S. and the ROK have further detailed a dangerous nuclear war scenario while breeding various sorts of war plots more than 20 times to use nuclear weapons against the DPRK, including the third meeting of the "Nuclear Consultative Group" and the 5th meeting of the "Extended Deterrence Strategy and Consultation Group". According to it, various strategic assets of the U.S. including the Theodore Roosevelt nuclear carrier task force, Bermont nuclear submarine and B-52H nuclear strategic bomber were deployed on the Korean peninsula and in its vicinity more than ten times and various forms of war drills against the DPRK including "Freedom Shield", "Ulji Freedom Shield", "Freedom Edge", "Iron Mace", "Nuclear Consultative Group simulation drill" and "Freedom Flag" were staged without a break this year. The reckless military confrontation racket kicked up by the hostile forces far beyond the sphere of stereotyped threat becomes a grave challenge to the DPRK's right to security and a root cause of destroying the balance of power in Northeast Asia and Asia-Pacific region beyond the Korean peninsula. It is the steadfast strategic option and will of the DPRK to thoroughly deter the danger of outbreak of a nuclear war and powerfully control and manage the political and military situation in the region by countering the ever-dangerous military threat of the U.S. and its vassal forces with the overwhelmed and absolute power. The DPRK will perfectly defend its sovereign right, security and development interests under any circumstances and further intensify its practical efforts to ensure the permanent stability of the Korean peninsula and the region in a responsible manner and resolutely counter any threat and challenge in the present and future. The more provocative act the hostile forces take in defiance of the DPRK's grave warning, the stronger counteraction they will face.
Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Vice Department Director of C.C., WPK Pyongyang, November 2 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement on Friday: On October 31, the UN secretary-general made public the stand of him who unreasonably takes issue with the recent test-fire of a strategic weapon conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) via a spokesperson. I express my strong dissatisfaction and categorically reject the unfair and prejudiced attitude of the UN secretary-general taking issue with the DPRK's just exercise of its right to self-defence. I emphasize once again the point that the relevant activity of the DPRK is a part of our due and just exercise of the right to self-defence for sending a clear warning to the recent negative influence on the security environment of the DPRK and the various actions and plans of the outside forces escalating it in a planned way and for defending sovereignty and security from daily-increasing possible threats. The UN secretary-general has consistently kept mum about the U.S. and its allies' anti-DPRK rhetoric and acts with a strong aggressive coloring that become the main cause of the escalated military tension, but stuck to prejudiced and stupid efforts to take issue only with the DPRK's right to self-defence and make it give it up. I can not but express regret at such behavior. Does the UN secretary-general think that if we unilaterally restrain ourselves in the environment in which countries hostile against us have formed a military bloc based on nukes and inflicted a serious injury on the security of our state through unprecedented political and military provocations, peace can be ensured on the Korean peninsula? In case the balance of strategic forces is destroyed on the Korean peninsula owing to the unlimited allowance for the hegemonic forces' military buildup aiming at "superiority of strength", can the UN secretary-general cope with a catastrophic consequence to be entailed by it? The UN secretary-general should no longer remain a passive onlooker to the U.S. and its allies' moves for arms buildup against the DPRK which have steadily updated their highest record. The UN secretary-general should clearly understand that his prejudiced stand on the Korean peninsula issue is acting as a factor of further aggravating the regional situation and inciting the hostile acts of the U.S. and its followers against the DPRK. The UN secretary-general should not lose impartiality in fulfilling his important duty but stop a shameful act of volunteering to act as a spokesman for the U.S. Department of State. The head of our state clearly reaffirmed the stand of the DPRK government yesterday, too. There can never be a change of the line. Have sanction, pressure and threats stopped us? They have only made us stronger. If one is not a fool, one should not do a stupid act of expecting our change. The DPRK will never tolerate any attempt to threaten the security environment of the state. |
