Kim Jong-un regime threatened to continue “indefinitely” its nuclear program: “A confrontation is inevitable”
Kim Jong Un promised that The North Korean nuclear program will continue “indefinitely”, The state media reported Wednesday, days after the new president of the United States, Donald Trumphe said he would make new diplomatic proposals to the communist leader.
After inspecting a nuclear material production, Kim also warned of a “inevitable” confrontation with hostile nations and said that 2025 would be a “Crucial Year” to reinforce nuclear forces North Korea, the news agency reported KCNA
“It is our firm political and military posture and our invariable and noble task and must develop the state’s nuclear counterattack indefinitely,” Kim said, according to Kcna.
Kim’s report and visit to the nuclear factory occur after Pyongyang proved on Saturday Mar-superficie strategic guided cruise missileshis first weapon test since Trump returned to the White House on January 20.
North Korea says that he is looking for nuclear weapons to counteract the threats of the United States and his allies, including South Korea.
The two Koreas are still technically at war since the 1950-1953 conflict ended in an armistice, not in a peace treaty.
The relations between Pyongyang and Seoul are at one of their lowest points in years, after North Korea launched a series of ballistic missiles last year in Violation of the United Nations sanctions.
Trump, who held a series of meetings with Kim during his first term, said in an interview last week that he would contact the North Korean leader, and described Kim as “intelligent type.”
Wednesday, the KCNA He said that Kim addressed “the most unstable situation in the world in which a long -term confrontation with the most fierce hostile countries is inevitable,” and that it was “indispensable for the country to constantly strengthen the nuclear shield.”
North Korea considers that the United States military exercises with South Korea They are invasion trials, although Washington and Seoul have repeatedly said that their exercises are of a defensive nature. In recent years, the United States and South Korea have expanded their military exercises in response to the advance of the North Korean nuclear program.
The beginning of Trump’s second mandate opens a perspectives for a reactivation of diplomacy between the United States and North Korea, since Trump met with Kim thrice During his first term. The diplomacy between Trump and Kim in 2018-19 collapsed due to disputes over economic sanctions led by the United States against North Korea.
During an interview with Fox News Transmitted on Thursday, Trump described Kim as “an intelligent guy” and “not a religious fan.” When asked if he will communicate with Kim again, Trump replied: “Yes, I will.”
Many experts say that Kim probably thinks he has greater negotiation power than in his previous round of diplomacy with Trump due to greater nuclear arsenal in your country and the deepening of His military ties with Russia.
In South Korea, many are concerned that Trump can reduce military exercises with the United States Asian ally and leave the goal of complete north north of North Korea and focus on eliminating its long -range missile program, which raises a Direct threat to the United States, while letting its nuclear attack capacities be intact against South Korea.
On Monday, Trump described North Korea from “Nuclear power” When talking about his personal ties with Kim during a press conference at the Oval office after his investiture. Washington, Seoul and its partners have long avoided North Korea as a nuclear state because that could be interpreted as an acceptance of its search for nuclear weapons in violation of the resolutions of the UN Security Council.
(With AFP and AP information)
