North Korea and Iran Cite "US Ridiculed for Defeat in Afghanistan War" Criticism

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] The North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized the United States' actions that triggered the Afghanistan crisis, citing statements from Iranian media and officials.

On the 26th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted an article titled "Iran mocks the US military defeat in Afghanistan" on its homepage, stating, "Voices mocking the US military defeat over the Afghanistan crisis are resonating in Iranian political and media circles," and claimed, "The criticism and mockery of the US demonstrate that the US invasion policy against sovereign countries is doomed to fail."

First, it conveyed a warning from Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, saying, "The US, which invaded Afghanistan by force 20 years ago, has admitted its huge mistake only today as it is being driven out," and added, "In the near future, it will regret again in the Persian Gulf and the region."

It also cited Iranian experts and IRNA news agency, emphasizing, "The Afghanistan crisis is the collapse of the US counterterrorism policy and regional domination strategy," and stressed, "Democracy can never be achieved through external coercion."

North Korea has recently been indirectly criticizing the US over the Afghanistan crisis day after day.

On the 20th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported criticism of the US in connection with the Afghanistan crisis from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and on the 21st, from Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister, and Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It is interpreted that North Korea is indirectly expressing its dissatisfaction with the US, which has pressured its country, triggered by the Afghanistan crisis.

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