North Korea Issues Warning After US-South Korea Summit
The powerful sister of the North Korean leader released a statement denouncing the Washington Declaration and the new Nuclear Consultative Group.
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Nations: Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Pyongyang’s main voice on inter-Korean relations, denounced the “Washington Declaration” and “Nuclear Consultative Group,” two main initiatives that were introduced during the South Korea-U.S. summit meeting on April 26.
“The ‘Washington Declaration’ fabricated by the U.S. and South Korean authorities is a typical product of their extreme anti-DPRK hostile policy reflecting the most hostile and aggressive will of action,” Kim said in her statement published in Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), one of the main North Korean state-controlled media, on April 29. (DPRK is the abbreviation of North Korea’s formal name: the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.) Calling the Declaration a demonstration that the United States and South Korea harbor hostile intent toward North Korea, she also claimed that it will result in “making peace and security of Northeast Asia and the world be exposed to more serious danger.”.
The Washington Declaration is the joint announcement made by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden following their summit meeting last week. Marking the 70th anniversary of the South Korea-U.S. alliance, the United States reconfirmed its solid defense commitment to South Korea and vowed to enhance extended deterrence against the security threats posed by North Korea. That will include more frequent deployment of U.S. strategic (i.e. nuclearcapable) assets to South Korea. In exchange, Yoon clearly ruled out his country seeking nuclear weapons by showing his full confidence in U.S. extended deterrence and reaffirming South Korea’s commitment to follow the Nonproliferation Treaty. The two leaders described the alliance as ironclad and the strongest ever.