North Korea's permanent mission to the United Nations said the country's position as a nuclear state is irreversible and condemned the “anachronistic“ US demands for denuclearization, Reuters reported, citing North Korean state media KCNA.
“The position of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a nuclear state, which is permanently enshrined in the supreme and fundamental law of the state, is irreversible“, said the statement from the DPRK's mission to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna.
The statement also criticized US pressure for denuclearization, saying it constituted a “provocative act“ and interference in the internal affairs of the DPRK. works on North Korea. It also states that North Korean nuclear weapons are an “inevitable option” to protect the country from US nuclear threats.