North Korea: "U.S. Should Not Provide Cluster Munitions to Ukraine"

Severe Condemnation of Top War Crime Nation and Mass Destruction Weapon Proliferation Nation

North Korea criticized the United States for attempting to provide cluster munitions, a weapon controversial due to concerns over civilian casualties, to Ukraine.

Choe Son-hui, North Korea's Foreign Minister, stated in a statement released by the Korean Central News Agency on the 11th, "The United States' decision to supply Ukraine with weapons of mass destruction is a reckless criminal act that aims to plunge the world into a new catastrophe," adding, "We strongly condemn this and demand its immediate withdrawal."

Earlier, the U.S. government announced on the 7th that it would newly support Ukraine, which has been invaded by Russia, with cluster munitions and other weapons.

She said, "This decision by the United States will never break the spirit of the Russian military defending the dignity and sovereignty of their country," and added, "We are confident that Russia will achieve ultimate victory and once again send firm support and solidarity."

Foreign Minister Choe strongly criticized cluster munitions, referring to them as 'songi bombs.' She stated, "Their use is internationally banned, and even now, damage caused by songi bombs dropped by U.S. forces continues worldwide," and condemned, "This shameless behavior of the United States, a top war criminal nation that disregards the lives of peaceful civilians for the sake of maintaining hegemony and a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction, is clearly shown to the world once again."

She further pointed out, "If the United States ultimately deploys and uses weapons of mass destruction, which even its allied countries hesitate to use, in the Ukraine war, it must be prepared for tremendous disastrous consequences."

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