The North Korean Foreign Minister criticized on Sunday the “deplorable attitude” of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who condemned a recent launch by Pyongyang of an intercontinental ballistic missile, announced the state agency KCNA.
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“I express my deep regret that the UN Secretary-General observes a truly deplorable attitude, oblivious to the purpose and principles of the UN Charter and its very mission, which is to maintain impartiality, objectivity and fairness on all matters,” said Minister Choe Son Hui.
She added that it “clearly proves” that Mr. Guterres “is a puppet of the United States”.
The UN chief called on North Korea on Friday to “immediately refrain” from any new “provocation” following this new shooting, once more calling on Pyongyang to return to the negotiating table.
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The United Nations Security Council said on Saturday it would meet on Monday to discuss the situation.
Calling on the UN body to “respond appropriately”, the European Union condemned “a dangerous, illegal and irresponsible action”.
The United States, South Korea and Japan have intensified joint military maneuvers in recent months since Kim Jong Un declared in September that North Korea’s nuclear state status was “irreversible”.
Seoul and Washington notably conducted the largest joint air exercises in their history in late October and early November.
On Sunday, the North Korean Foreign Minister recalled that the Pyongyang authorities had “recently warned the UN Secretary General to examine the issue of the Korean peninsula impartially and objectively”.
She highlighted North Korea’s “self-defense” policy “in a worrying security environment in the region due to dangerous military cooperation between the United States and its vassal forces”.
“The UN Secretary General has yet made North Korea responsible rather than the United States,” assured the minister.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the launch of his latest intercontinental ballistic missile accompanied by his daughter, who he unveiled to the world for the first time, according to a message published on Saturday by the KCNA agency.
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Mr. Kim also reaffirmed that he would resort to the atomic bomb in the event of a nuclear attack once morest his country, according to KCNA.
