North Korea’s foreign minister calls the Group of Seven wealthy democracies a “tool for ensuring the US hegemony” as she lambasts the group’s recent call for the North’s denuclearisation
Pyongyang recently tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-18 as it continues to defy UN sanctions against its nuclear weapons programme.
The top diplomats from G7 nations, who met recently in Japan, had jointly condemned the North's recent ballistic missile tests and reiterated their commitment to the goal of North Korea's complete abandonment of its nuclear weapons. "G7, a closed group of a handful of egoistic countries, does not represent the just international community but serves as a political tool for ensuring the US hegemony," Choe said in a statement carried by North Korean state media."The position of the DPRK as a world-class nuclear power is final and irreversible," Choe said in a statement carried by the official KCNA, referring to North Korea by the initials of its official name.
But many experts say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un likely uses his rivals' military drills as a pretext to advance his weapons programmes, cement his domestic leadership and be recognised as a legitimate nuclear state to get international sanctions on the North lifted.'Stark reality' The treaty sought to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons beyond the five original armed powers — the US, Russia, China, Britain and France. It requires non-nuclear signatory nations to not pursue atomic weapons in exchange for a commitment by the five powers to move toward nuclear disarmament and to guarantee non-nuclear states' access to peaceful nuclear technology for producing energy.
South Korea's Unification Ministry said later on Friday that North Korea must halt its threats against neighbours and pay heed to international concerns about its "reckless" nuclear and missile programmes.
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