US aggression forced DPRK to develop nuclear weapons

Ambassador Kim Song

Ambassador Kim Song (file photo)

DPRK Permanent Representative to the UN Kim Song emphasizes nuclear self-defense purpose during UNGA speech

UN, September 30 (TASS) ― The US aggressive policy towards the DPRK forced the latter country to create nuclear weapons, and they are holding back the conflict on the peninsula. This was stated by Permanent Representative of the DPRK to the UN Kim Song, speaking in New York from the rostrum of the General Assembly as part of the general political debate at its 79th session.

"It is not the DPRK's nuclear weapons that make the US hostile to us. The truth is that the US hostility and the nuclear threat persisting for 70 years forced us to make a historic decision to acquire nuclear weapons. Our nuclear weapons were created and exist for self-defense," the diplomat said. According to him, statements about the nuclear threat posed by Pyongyang only prove hostility towards the DPRK.

Kim Song recalled that the US used nuclear weapons, brought them to the Korean Peninsula in the last century and threatened the DPRK with them. "Who does talk non-stop about the 'end of the regime' against a sovereign state and retain [the right to] launch the first nuclear strike against the DPRK as a state policy?" the permanent representative questioned and added: The situation on the Korean Peninsula did not turn into a war thanks to the "powerful means of deterrence" in the DPRK's arsenal.

"Therefore, we continue to strengthen our deterrence capabilities not only for our national security but also for the sake of maintaining peace and security in the region," Kim Song said. He noted that the military exercises between the ROK and the US "are escalating tensions in the region." According to him, Seoul and Washington are "abusing the signboard of the UN Command," which should have been disbanded "decades ago."

The UN Permanent Representative recalled the words of the DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, who said that Pyongyang can choose either dialogue or confrontation. "If it is a question of the right to self-defense, we will never return to the point of the distant past. If it is a question of national prestige, it will never be a subject of bargaining, since it was won with the blood of the entire Korean people," Kim Song emphasized.

"Whoever comes to power in the United States, we will only deal with the American state, and not with a certain administration. At the same time, the American administration will have to deal with the DPRK, which is different from what the United States is used to thinking [about us]," the permanent representative said.

Source: tass.ru (2024.9.30.)

- machine-translated and reprinted here for educational purpose (JC)

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