Forcing North Korea to ‘dismantle its nukes’ can be a ‘declaration of conflict,’ overseas ministry says

North Korea has responded to the United States’ urging for different members of the United Nations to strain the hermit kingdom into denuclearization.

The North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs took a harsh tone, warning that any try to pressure the nation into denuclearizing can be equal to a declaration of conflict.

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Kim Jong Un attends a gathering of the eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, March 1, 2023. (North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency through Reuters)

“The U.S. consultant to the U.N. once more… spouted a litany of rhetoric concerning the outdated CVID and the ‘human rights state of affairs,'” mentioned Jo Chol-su, a director normal within the overseas ministry, in line with South Korean outlet Yonhap.

Earlier this week, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield urged different members of the worldwide physique’s Security Council to assist transfer North Korea towards “full, verifiable and irreversible” denuclearization (CVID).

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People stand close to a tv displaying file footage of a North Korean missile check, at a railway station in Seoul, March 14, 2023. (Anthony Wallace/AFP through Getty Images)

“Any pressure ought to understand that if it tries to use CVID to the DPRK, it will likely be handled resolutely in accordance with the DPRK’s legislation on nuclear pressure coverage,” Jo mentioned Thursday.

Jo went on to warn that an excessive amount of strain to denuclearize can be thought-about by North Korea as an act of conflict.

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The U.N. headquarters constructing in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2011. (iStock)

“The strain on the DPRK to dismantle its nukes exactly means a declaration of conflict,” he mentioned.

North Korea fired yet one more spherical of missiles because the United States seeks larger intervention from member states of the United Nations.

An artillery drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea, March 9, 2023. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service through AP)

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff reported the most recent spherical of missiles at 10:15 a.m. native time on Wednesday. The weapons seem to have been fired from the South Hamgyong province, in line with reviews.