SEOUL: North Korea's position as a nuclear weapons state will remain undeniable and it will continue to build its forces until military threats from the United States and its allies are eliminated, state media KCNA said on Friday (Apr 21).
The quoted remarks by North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui came in a statement criticising the United States and other Group of Seven countries. The G7 foreign ministers condemned North Korea's Apr 13 test of what Pyongyang said was a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile and urged denuclearisation at the end of their meeting in Japan on Tuesday.
Tension has flared in recent weeks as the isolated country has ramped up military activities, and threatened "more practical and offensive" action as US and South Korean forces conduct annual springtime military exercises.
North Korea has been reacting furiously to those exercises, calling them a rehearsal for "an all-out, nuclear war".
Choe said North Korea's status as a nuclear power is "final and irreversible", and will remain an "undeniable reality" even if Washington and others in the West deny it.
Pyongyang's development of nuclear weapons was only intended to guard against US threats, she said, urging Washington to drop its "hostile policy" against the North to ensure its own security.
"It is anachronistic to think that the right to and capability for nuclear strike is exclusive to Washington," KCNA quoted her as saying. "We will never seek any recognition or approval from anyone, as we are satisfied with our access to the strength for a tit-for-tat strike against the US nuclear threat."
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