Seoul, South Korea –
On Sunday, North Korea criticized the United States, South Korea and Japan for promoting trilateral military cooperation against the North, and warned that the move was prompting the countries to urgently call for increased strengthen its military capabilities.
North Korea has long cited what it calls hostility from the United States and its allies as a reason to pursue a nuclear program. Sunday’s statement came as North Korea’s neighbors said the country was ready for its first nuclear test in five years as part of a provocative weapons test this year. .
“The current situation calls for even more construction of the country’s national defense to proactively deal with the rapid exacerbation of the security environment on the Korean Peninsula,” the North’s foreign ministry said in a statement. and the rest of the world,” North Korea’s foreign ministry said in a statement. will strengthen its military capabilities.
The statement came during a tripartite meeting between the leaders of the US, South Korea and Japan on the sidelines of a NATO summit last week, in which they emphasized the need to strengthen cooperation to deal with the conflict. North Korea’s nuclear threats.
“The executives of the United States, Japan, and South Korea came together to confront (North Korea) and discussed dangerous joint military countermeasures against the country, including launching military strikes.” trilateral joint military exercises,” the statement said.
North Korea views US-led military exercises in the region, especially those with rival South Korea, as a rehearsal for aggression, although Washington and Seoul have repeatedly said they do not. intend to attack North Korea.
During a recent trilateral meeting, US President Joe Biden said he was “deeply concerned” about North Korea’s continued ballistic missile tests and apparently plans to conduct a nuclear test. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said the importance of trilateral cooperation has increased in the face of North Korea’s advanced nuclear program, while Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said anti-missile drills Joint fire will be crucial to deter threats from North Korea.
In early June, the defense ministers of the United States, South Korea and Japan agreed to resume combined missile warning and tracking exercises as part of efforts to respond to escalating weapons tests. North Korean ladder.
The North Korean statement accused the US of blowing up rumors about North Korea’s threats “to create an excuse to gain military superiority over the Asia-Pacific region including the Korean Peninsula.”
US officials said Washington had no intention of being hostile towards Pyongyang and urged it to return to disarmament talks without any preconditions. North Korea has denied that the US has attacked the US, saying it will focus on strengthening its nuclear deterrent unless the US abandons its hostile policies towards North Korea, a clear example of the measures taken by North Korea. US-led economic sanctions and regular military training with South Korea.
North Korea claims the recent NATO summit demonstrates the alleged US plan to contain Russia and China by achieving the goal of “militarizing Europe” and forming a NATO-like alliance in Europe. ASIAN. It argues that “reckless military moves by the US and its vassal forces” could lead to dangerous consequences such as a simultaneous nuclear war in both Europe and the Asia-Pacific. Positive.
Pyongyang often makes similar belligerent rhetoric and warns of the risk of nuclear war amid growing hostilities with Washington and Seoul.
