North Korea says nuclear status ‘irreversible’: KCNA
Key takeaways
- “The ‘denuclearisation’ is an irreversibly finalised matter,” the official added.
- Read more: China’s Xi Jinping lands in North Korea for rare visit
- North Korea has accelerated its nuclear weapons programme since talks with Washington broke down in 2019, when a summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump in Hanoi ended without agreement.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize North Korea said Sunday its status as a nuclear weapons state was “irreversible” and key to ensuring regional stability, rejecting calls by the United States and its allies for denuclearisation.
Pyongyang has repeatedly insisted it will not abandon its nuclear arsenal, portraying it as essential to deterrence, with Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un calling the policy a “line of no retreat” earlier this month.
The North’s statement came after a trilateral meeting between South Korea, Japan and the United States in Tokyo on Friday, at which the allies reaffirmed their commitment to the “complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula”, according to Seoul’s foreign ministry.