North Korea justifies the development of weapons of mass destruction to face the threats of the United States and their allies in the region, especially South Korea
The North Korean leader He said his nuclear program will continue “indefinitely,” the state press said on Wednesday (29), a few days after the new US president claim that it is open to resume contacts with Pyongyang. During an inspection to an installation of nuclear material production, Kim also spoke of “inevitable” confrontation with hostile nations and ensured that 2025 will be “a crucial year” to boost the nuclear arsenal of indicated the state news agency KCNA.
“It is our firm political and military stance, and our invariable task and noble duty, to develop the position of nuclear counterattack indefinitely,” said Kim. North Korea justifies the development of nuclear weapons to face the threats of the United States and its allies in the region, especially South Korea, with whom it follows technically in conflict after the war between both countries in the 1950s.
Although the program resulted in the imposition of hard economic sanctions on the impoverished country, Pyongyang stated in 2022 that its status as a nuclear power is “irreversible.” In response to Kim’s latest statements, a US National Security Council source said Trump will seek “the complete denuclearization of North Korea, as he did in his first term,” said South Korean news agency Yonhap.
In his first term, Trump met Kim on three occasions, becoming the first acting American president to meet with a North Korean leader. In an interview last week, the new US president said he would return to “extend his hand” to Kim and defined him as “an intelligent guy.”
This strategy of diplomatic approach was not used to advance in a possible denuclearization of North Korea, which, after the pandemic, resumed the impulse to its weapon development program, including atomic.
*With information from AFP
Posted by Victor Oliveira
