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No 22/25 March 24, 2025
1. Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Meets Secretary of Russian Security Council 2. Permanent Representative of DPRK at UN Office and International Organizations in Geneva Issues Press Statement 3. Spokesperson for Ministry of National Defence of DPRK Releases Press Statement
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Meets Secretary of Russian Security Council Pyongyang, March 22 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, on March 21 met Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, on a visit to the DPRK leading a delegation of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un gladly received Sergei Shoigu visiting Pyongyang again in six months and had a talk with him in a trustworthy and warm atmosphere. Sergei Shoigu courteously conveyed the friendly greetings and an important letter from Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, to the DPRK leader. Kim Jong Un expressed his deep thanks for it, and sent his militant greetings to the respected Russian president. At the talk, there was a wide-ranging exchange of views and opinions of the leaderships of the DPRK and Russia on the important issues for defending the security interests of the two countries and international justice and on the regional and international situation. The talk confirmed the consensus of stand of the two sides. Noting that the special military operations conducted by the Russian army and people serve as a demonstration of their indomitable strength, patriotism and just cause, Kim Jong Un stated that it is the steadfast option and resolute will of the DPRK government to invariably support Russia in the struggle for defending its national sovereignty, territorial integrity and security interests in the future, too. The talk expressed the willingness of the leaderships of the two countries to unconditionally implement the provisions of the treaty on the comprehensive strategic partnership. Kim Jong Un had an important and useful conversation with Sergei Shoigu on the prospective undertakings for further expanding and boosting exchanges and cooperation in security and other many-sided fields. Hoping that victory, prosperity, happiness and fortune are always in store for the Russian people, he sent his warm wishes to the respected President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of the Russian Federation and to its government, army and people.
Permanent Representative of DPRK at UN Office and International Organizations in Geneva Issues Press Statement Pyongyang, March 21 (KCNA) -- Jo Chol Su, permanent representative of the DPRK at the UN Office and international organizations in Geneva issued the following press statement titled "The U.S. act to use international body as a tool for implementing its strategy for hegemony can never be tolerated" on Friday: The fact that the present U.S. Administration, which is bringing chaos and disorder to the international community with its unpredictable foreign policy, sent weird questionnaires to international organizations was out in the open, sparking off great uproar again. It is reported that the questionnaires recently sent by the U.S. administration to UN organizations and non-governmental organizations contain dozens of questions on the influence of the activities of the relevant organizations on the security and economic fields of the U.S., their cooperative relations with organizations related to communism, socialism, totalitarian or anti-U.S. forces, and whether they have received funds from China, Russia, Cuba and Iran. It is a product which can be cooked up only by the U.S., obsessed with the gangster-like hegemonic logic that all international relations should exist only for the interests of America, styling itself an ultra-privileged being reigning over the international community. It is well known that the U.S. has earned an ill-fame as it has so far ignored international organizations including repeating its withdrawal from and entry into international organizations as if coming in and out of its own house and unhesitatingly wiretapping high-ranking officials of the UN. However, the U.S. is trying to treat international organizations as an organ under the U.S. Department of State. This is far beyond arrogance and impertinence of the past, stunning the world people. "Serious encroachment upon the internal activities of the UN bodies with independence" and "litmus paper examining the support for 'America first'" - these are the angry response of the international community to the U.S. questionnaires. International organization, whose mission is to promote mutual exchange and cooperation among states and establish a fair international order, regards impartiality and objectivity as its fundamental principle for its specific feature and bans pressure and interference of a specific state. If an international organization interferes in internal affairs of its member nation, raises unfair demand and gives pressure to it, following the demand of any individual country, it is already not an international body in a real meaning. The questionnaires that can be called an "open threatening letter" prove that the U.S. is trying to subordinate the international organizations as the body executing "America first" policy which moves according to its baton and serves its interests. The behavior of the present U.S. Administration which forces the international community to follow "America first" doctrine predicts the emergence of "McCarthyism" of the 21st century version. Such behavior of inciting confrontation against the international trend aspiring after multipolarization deserves condemnation, and international community should remain vigilant so that the U.N. and other international organizations are not yielded to the unilateralism and arbitrary practices of the U.S.
Spokesperson for Ministry of National Defence of DPRK Releases Press Statement Pyongyang, March 21 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK on Thursday issued the following press statement titled "It is within the range of the option of the DPRK's armed forces to use the most deadly military means against the hostile forces seriously threatening the sovereignty and security of its state": Recently the U.S. and the ROK military gangsters staged a special warfare drill aimed at "destroying the secret underground tunnel network" and "removing nuclear weapons" of someone as part of the large-scale war exercises Freedom Shield. This proves that the joint military exercises of "defensive nature" much touted by the U.S. and the ROK are no more than a rehearsal of war of aggression aimed at invading and occupying the DPRK from A to Z. During the period of Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military maneuvers in March 2016, the U.S. and the ROK staged the drills of "beheading operation" and "high-density strike" at strategic objects in accordance with OPLAN 5015. In 2017 they carried out "beheading operation" and "preemptive strike operation" drills targeting major military installations with a special unit more than 3 000-strong involved. As the military provocations of the hostile countries are committed at the grave level that can never be overlooked and tolerated, clear is the stand of the DPRK's armed forces to counter them. The DPRK's relevant law clearly stipulates what means and methods should be used in contingency to remove hostile forces threatening the existence of our state, and it is the mission of the armed forces of the DPRK to strictly observe and implement it. All options for containing the U.S. and the ROK and for eliminating the source of provocation, if necessary, including the use of the most destructive and deadly military means, are under the consideration of our armed forces. The accumulated reckless military moves of the U.S. and the ROK, seized with the daydream that they can jeopardize the sovereignty and security of a nuclear weapons state, can undoubtedly bring the gravest consequences they do not want. The Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK strongly warns the U.S. and the ROK military to stop at once the irresponsible and dangerous military acts, issuing a warning once again about the catastrophic result to be entailed by the adventuristic saber-rattling of the hostile forces.
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