North Korea: "We Will Not Give Trump a Propaganda Gift Package" (3rd Report)

Ri Son-gwon Foreign Minister's Statement on the 2nd Anniversary of the June 12 North Korea-US Summit
Indicates Nuclear Force Enhancement and Singapore Declaration Abrogation

President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un meeting and greeting in the northern area of the Military Demarcation Line at Panmunjom last June, then moving to the southern area.

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," suggesting an enhancement of nuclear war deterrence and the possible termination of the Singapore Agreement.

In a statement released through North Korea's state media Korean Central News Agency on the same day, marking the second 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 deterioration, and even the faint optimism for peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula has faded into a pessimistic nightmare."

Regarding the current situation, he assessed, "The desire of the peoples of the two countries, North Korea and the United States, to put a permanent end to the most hostile North Korea-U.S. relations on Earth and to open a new era of cooperation for peace and prosperity remains unchanged, but the situation on the Korean Peninsula is rapidly worsening day by day."

He emphasized, "We have taken a strategic bold decision to preemptively suspend nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile test launches to build trust between North Korea and the United States," highlighting that they have taken proactive and extraordinary measures to improve North Korea-U.S. relations.

However, Foreign Minister Ri claimed that "Our Republic remains on the U.S. nuclear preemptive strike list, and various nuclear strike means possessed by the United States are directly aimed at us," asserting that the U.S. hostile policy toward North Korea remains unchanged.

He stated, "The United States is massively deploying modern advanced equipment such as stealth fighters and unmanned reconnaissance drones worth hundreds of billions of dollars to transform the South Korean military into an offensive force, and the South Korean authorities are pouring astronomical funds into this."

He continued, "Over the past two years, the U.S. administration has consistently engaged in utterly unjust and outdated actions, openly revealing that their so-called 'improvement of relations' with North Korea means regime overthrow, 'security guarantees' mean thorough nuclear preemptive strikes, and 'trust-building' means unchanging isolation and suppression of North Korea."

He emphasized, "All these facts clearly demonstrate once again that unless the deeply rooted U.S. hostile policy toward North Korea, which has lasted for over 70 years, is fundamentally ended, the United States will remain a long-term threat to our country, our system, and our people."

Then, targeting U.S. President Donald Trump, Ri said, "We will no longer throw a bundle of propaganda achievements to the U.S. leadership without any cost."

Foreign Minister Ri questioned, "Even if the personal relationship between our supreme leadership and the U.S. president is maintained, nothing has actually improved in North Korea-U.S. relations. Is there any need to keep holding hands shaken in Singapore?" thereby mentioning the possibility of terminating the Singapore Declaration.

Additionally, Ri Son-gwon indicated future nuclear force enhancement by stating that North Korea's supreme leadership solemnly declared at the 4th expanded meeting of the 7th Central Military Commission 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."

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