In response to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s speech at the Supreme People’s Assembly, the White House stressed that “there is no change in the policy of complete denuclearization.”
White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said in response to Kim’s speech on the 9th (local time) that the United States is focused on responding to the North Korean threat by working closely with its allies and partners. “There is no change in policy,” he said.
“We have made it clear that we have no hostile intentions toward North Korea,” Pierre said. “Our will to defend Korea by all means of defense is firm,” he said.
This means that the North Korean policy will continue to bring North Korea to the denuclearization negotiating table by strengthening military deterrence, such as deploying strategic assets, and using strong pressure such as economic sanctions. Earlier, South Korea, the U.S. and Japan had a meeting of security chiefs in Hawaii on the 1st and agreed that they would take a stronger joint response than before in the case of North Korea’s seventh nuclear test.
The United Nations has expressed concern over the enactment of North Korea’s nuclear force policy. “UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply concerned that the Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea has adopted North Korea’s nuclear force policy as a statute,” said UN spokesperson Stephan Dujarric at a briefing on the 9th. This is contrary to the efforts of the international community for decades.”
In an interview with the press on the 11th, Ambassador Hwang Jun-guk to the United Nations said about the possibility of North Korea’s seventh nuclear test, “If China and Russia exercise their veto power, the UN Security Council will not be able to take any action even if it tests North Korea. “Then it will become increasingly difficult to achieve complete denuclearization of North Korea through dialogue and negotiations.”
Washington = Byung-ki Moon, Correspondent [email protected]