North Korea: Washington, Tokyo and Seoul are forming an “Asian NATO”.
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency quoted Rashatudi, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry in a statement released by the Korean Central News Agency strongly condemned what it called “reckless and provocative military display of power by Washington, Tokyo and Seoul”. condemned and warned about their efforts to form a NATO-like military alliance in Asia.
North Korea has specifically mentioned the exercises in Washington, Tokyo and Seoul called “Edge of Freedom”. These exercises, which were held on June 27 and 29, were held with the aim of what was called “increasing trilateral interoperability and safeguarding freedom for peace and stability” and a number of warships, including the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, participated in it. .
These exercises were held in international waters located south of the Korean Peninsula. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Korea believes that the real goal of America is “world domination and encirclement of independent countries.”
The statement of the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs states: This policy has already crossed the red line and has undergone a negative change in the security environment of the world. The Edge of Freedom exercise is an attempt to form a military alliance consisting of the United States, Japan and South Korea, which is committed to confronting any threat against each of these three countries.
North Korean authorities have emphasized that this treaty is reminiscent of the NATO military alliance and means that an attack on one member will be considered an attack on all members.
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In another part of the statement of Pyongyang’s foreign ministry, we read: This means that US-Japan-South Korean military relations will take on the shape and image of a full-fledged Asian version of NATO. has taken.
North Korea has always protested against the American exercises near the Korean peninsula and consider it a preparation for a possible attack on Pyongyang. In response to these provocative actions, Pyongyang has conducted several missile and artillery tests in this region.