[Breaking] North Korea: "We Will Not Hand Trump a Propaganda Bundle for His Achievements" (2nd Report)

Statement by Ri Son-gwon, North Korean Foreign Minister
Indicates Singapore Declaration Abrogation and Nuclear Force Enhancement

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Son-gwon

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Son-gwon stated on the 12th, "Our Republic's unwavering strategic goal is to build a more reliable force to manage the United States' long-term military threat," indicating a strengthening of nuclear war deterrence.

In a statement released through the North Korean state media Korean Central News Agency on the same day, marking the 2nd anniversary of the June 12 North Korea-U.S. summit, titled "Our Response to the United States is Clear," Ri said, "The hopes for improved North Korea-U.S. relations that were greatly inflated two years ago have today turned into despair due to worsening tensions, and even the faint optimism for peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula has faded into a pessimistic nightmare."

He targeted U.S. President Donald Trump, saying, "We will no longer throw a bundle of propaganda achievements to the U.S. leadership without any cost."

Ri Son-gwon indicated future nuclear force enhancement, stating that North Korea's top leadership solemnly declared at the 7th Central Military Commission's 4th expanded meeting held last month to "discuss the national nuclear development strategy and further strengthen the country's nuclear war deterrence to cope with the United States' long-term nuclear war threat."

Ri also mentioned the possibility of nullifying the Singapore Declaration, saying, "Even if the personal relationship between our top leadership and the U.S. president is maintained, the actual North Korea-U.S. relations have not improved at all. Is there a need to keep holding the hand we shook in Singapore?"

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