North Korea criticizes China, Japan, and South Korea for their pledge to denuclearisation
North Korea criticizes China, Japan, and South Korea for their pledge to denuclearisation
Following a rare summit in Seoul, North Korea denounced China, Japan, and South Korea on Monday for pledging to denuclearize the Korean peninsula, calling their joint declaration a “grave political provocation” that infringes on its sovereignty.
The three nations have urged a halt to the North’s planned rocket launch, which would enhance the isolated nation’s capacity to launch a nuclear strike, after it revealed its intentions to launch a rocket by June 4 in order to deploy a satellite.
The three nations stated in a joint statement that they aimed to cooperate on security during their first three-way meeting in Seoul since 2019 and reiterated their positions on regional peace and stability and denuclearization of the peninsula.
A spokeswoman for North Korea’s foreign ministry quickly responded, calling the conversation “insult never to be pardoned and a declaration of war against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)”.
According to the unidentified spokesman, “to discuss the denuclearization… today constitutes a grave political provocation and sovereignty violation,” as stated in the statement carried by the North’s official media.
He continued, saying that such a move violates the North’s unassailable sovereignty and its constitution, which expresses the collective desire of all Koreans.
Instead of criticizing North Korea specifically, Chinese Premier Li Qiang urged all sides to ease tensions.
Li gave no indication of the anticipated launch, despite calls from Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for Pyongyang to abandon its intentions to send a second spy satellite into space.
When Beijing endorsed UN Security Council resolutions that denounced Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and missile program between 2006 and 2017, it infuriated North Korea. However, more recently, Beijing has joined Russia in opposing the imposition of new sanctions and advocating for the relaxation of current ones.
After two failed efforts in 2023, North Korea successfully launched its first military spy satellite into space in November.
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