White House: “The policy of complete denuclearization remains unchanged” … The UN fears North Korea’s nuclear force legislation

-In response to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s speech to 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. , “He said.

“We have made it clear that we have no hostile intentions towards North Korea,” said Pierre. “Our will to defend South Korea by mobilizing all means of defense is firm,” he said.

This means that North Korean policy will continue to bring North Korea to the negotiating table for denuclearization by strengthening military deterrence, such as the deployment of strategic assets, and by using strong pressure such as economic sanctions. Previously, South Korea, the United States and Japan held a meeting of security chiefs in Hawaii on the 1st and agreed that they would adopt a stronger joint response than before in the case of North Korea’s seventh nuclear test. .

The United Nations has expressed concern about the implementation of North Korea’s nuclear forces policy. “UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply concerned that North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly has adopted North Korea’s nuclear forces policy as a statute,” UN spokesman Stephan Dujarric said in 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 Security Council of the United Nations will not be able to take any action even if it tests North Korea. “Then it will become increasingly difficult to achieve the complete denuclearization of North Korea through dialogue and negotiations.”

Washington = Byung-ki Moon, correspondent [email protected]