North Korea’s reaction shortly after praising Trump; “We are a responsible nuclear country”

reported by Mehr News Agency According to UPI, Pyongyang described North Korea as a responsible nuclear state shortly after the new US president’s statements about North Korea by defending its right to have a nuclear weapons program.

Joo Chol-soo, North Korea’s permanent representative at the UN office in Geneva, said: “As a nuclear-armed country, we are responsible for our efforts to prevent any war, as well as safeguard peace and stability.” , will continue.

He also criticized America for the astronomical accumulation of weapons and the open proliferation of nuclear weapons, adding: America and its allies continue to supply ultra-advanced military equipment and lead to wars and bloodshed in many countries. They spread from all over the world.

The representative of North Korea pointed to the recent trilateral air exercises with the cooperation of the United States, South Korea and Japan with the participation of the B-1B strategic bomber and called it the cause of creating a dangerous atmosphere in this region. .

He emphasized: military provocations, which are a desperate attempt to show power in the Korean peninsula as the largest inflamed area in the world, will intensify tensions and lead to the start of the most destructive nuclear war in dire circumstances. will fuel.

The statements of Pyongyang’s representative in the United Nations come at a time when Trump called North Korea a nuclear state in a press conference and said that during his first term as president with “Kim Jong Un, the leader of Korea Shamli had a very close relationship and they got along very well with each other.”