North Korea insists its nuclear capability is permanent
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (Photo: Getty Images)
North Korea’s permanent mission to the UN stated that the country’s status as a nuclear power is irreversible, reports Reuters.
“The position of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as a nuclear weapons state which has been permanently specified in the supreme and basic law of the state has become irreversible,” the mission said.
Reuters added that, in this statement, North Korea condemned what it called the US’s anachronistic denuclearization statements.
North Korea urges the US to recognize a new reality
In July, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, stated that the United States must acknowledge a new reality. According to her, North Korea’s nuclear program is final and will not be a subject of future negotiations.
Otherwise, any meeting between the two countries would remain merely a hope for the US side.
“But if Washington intended to use a personal relationship as a way to end the North's nuclear weapons program, the effort would only be the subject of 'mockery,’” Kim said.
Additionally, Kim Jong Un recently announced that North Korea will introduce a new policy aimed at simultaneously developing its nuclear and conventional armed forces.
