Pyongyang,
April 21 (KCNA) –
Choe
Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea released
a press statement on April 21.
It
reads:
I
clarify the following stand as regards the fact that G7 foreign ministers made
public a "joint statement" full of extremely interventionist and
improper contents, malignantly pulling up the DPRK over the legitimate exercise
of its sovereignty.
G7
has neither authority nor qualification to say this or that about the DPRK's
exercise of its sovereignty and its national status.
The
measures the DPRK has so far taken to bolster up its military capabilities for
self-defence constitute a just exercise of its sovereignty to deter threat from
the unstable security environment caused by the reckless and provocative
military maneuvers of the U.S. and its allies, defend the sovereignty and
territorial integrity of the country and control and manage the situation on
the Korean peninsula in a stable way.
We
will continue to take action measures based on all legal rights granted to a
sovereign state until the military threat posed by the U.S. and its allied
forces hostile toward us is completely removed and the hostile surrounding
environment harassing the independent existence and development of our country
is put to a definite end.
The
DPRK's position as a nuclear weapons state is not a thing granted or recognized
by anyone but was established along with the existence of the actual nuclear
deterrence and fixed by the law on the state nuclear force policy adapted to
the unanimous will of all the Korean people.
G7
urges us to "completely and irreversibly dismantle our nukes", saying
that the DPRK cannot have the status of a nuclear weapons state according to
the NPT. This is just the most absurd and illegal interference in the internal
affairs of the DPRK to force it into flouting its sacred state law.
Explicitly
speaking, it is the essence of the DPRK's access to nuclear weapons that it was
compelled to have access to nukes literally to defend itself from the U.S.
threat, not to be recognized by others.
The
position of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state will remain as an undeniable
and stark reality - no matter that the U.S. and the West would not recognize it
for a hundred or a thousand years.
It
is anachronistic to think that the right to and capability for nuclear strike
is exclusive to Washington.
We
will never seek any recognition and approval from anyone as we are satisfied
with our access to the strength for a tit-for-tat strike against the U.S.
nuclear threat.
The
U.S. and the West have no right to say this or that about the DPRK's position
as a nuclear weapons state, and it will never change no matter what they say.
What
should change now is not the DPRK but the U.S., and the U.S. should bear in
mind that its security can be guaranteed only when it completely roots out its
hostile policy toward the DPRK.
The
position of the DPRK as a world-class nuclear power is final and irreversible.
G7,
a closed group of a handful of egoistic countries, does not represent the just
international community but serves as a political tool for ensuring the U.S. hegemony.
We
make it clear that we don't have any interest in what G7 does but if it shows
any behavioral attempt to infringe upon the sovereignty and fundamental
interests of the DPRK, it will be completely deterred by strong counteraction.
Taking
this opportunity, I courteously remind the G7 foreign ministers once again that
the DPRK is free from any NPT obligations as it legally withdrew from the
treaty 20 years ago in accordance with the withdrawal procedures specified in
Article 10 of NPT.
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