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US, N’Korea clash at UN forum over military intentions towards one another

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US, N’Korea clash at UN forum over military intentions towards one another

A United Nations sponsored Conference on Disarmament in Geneva turned out to be a platform for verbal threats as US and North Korean officials clashed over military intentions towards one another.

At the forum, Pyongyang’s envoy declared that it would “never” put its nuclear deterrent on the negotiating table even as U.S. disarmament ambassador Robert Wood fired a warning at North Korea.

Wood told those who cared to listen at the forum that U.S. President Donald Trump’s top priority was to protect the United States and its allies against the “growing threat” from North Korea and America was ready to use “the full range of capabilities” at its disposal.

Read also: Joint US, South Korea military drills will spark nuclear war, North Korea warns

Re-echoing Pyongyang’s stance, diplomat Ju Yong Chol told the forum while referring to “constant nuclear threats” by the United States that the measures taken by the DPRK to strengthen its nuclear deterrence and develop inter-continental rockets is justifiable and a legitimate option for self-defence in the face of such apparent and real threats by the US.

Hours ago, North Korea warned that the recent military drills between the US and South Korea could lead to an “uncontrollable phase of a nuclear war.”

Both the US and South Korea are both gearing up for war games to counter any potential threat from Pyongyang which sees such moves as provocative and hostile, perhaps even preparation for an invasion.

Both US and South Korea have launched military exercises- no tanks involved but with keyboards in exercises involving computer simulations designed to prepare for the unthinkable: war with nuclear-capable North Korea.

 

 

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