Choe Son Hui, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, attended the 4 th Eurasian Women’s Forum and the 1 st BRICS Women’s Forum convened in St. Petersburg of Russia from September 18 to 20.

Present at the international fora were high-ranking women politicians and representatives of business, academic and social circles from over 120 countries including the DPRK, Russia, Vietnam, Laos, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Serbia, Uganda and Qatar.

Foreign minister Choe Son Hui made a speech at the meeting of women’s dialogue with the theme of diplomacy and geopolitics of 21 st century: women’s viewpoint on solving global tasks held at the 4 th Eurasian Women’s Forum.

Today geopolitical confrontation and conflict continue unabated across the world, and global peace and stability are under serious threats, the foreign minister said, and went on:

This is ascribable to the high-handed and arbitrary practices of the U.S. and its followers attempting to gain hegemony and self-interest and instigate inter-camp confrontation and bloc-forming, running counter to the desire of the international community.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will not show slightest tolerance to any kind of hostile acts that threaten the sovereignty and dignity of the country and the wellbeing of our people but safeguard the peace and security of the Korean Peninsula by dint of righteous struggle and powerful force.

The foreign minister said that the Ukrainian crisis, one of the geopolitical crises facing the world today, is a direct outcome of the anti-Russian confrontational policy of the U.S. and the Western countries that have systematically violated the legitimate and rational security interests of Russia over the past decades, expressing invariable support for the just sacred war of the Russian army and people to firmly defend their sovereignty and security against the hegemonic policy of the hostile forces.

She said that the DPRK will continue to develop the good neighborly relations with all the countries in the world aspiring after justice and independence under the banner of independence, peace and friendship and is fully committed to its responsible mission of building an equal multi-polar world and ensuring global peace and security.

Meanwhile, the foreign minister took part in the strategic meeting with the theme of “BRICS in Future: Cooperative Prospect” held at the 1 st BRICS Women’s Forum and said that the forum was a significant political gathering in further enhancing the role of progressive women in promoting friendship and cooperation between the nations and states aspiring after independence, peace and justice. She expressed belief that the forum would enjoy positive sympathy and support from all the participants and achieve good results amid the great interest and expectation of the international community rejecting unilateralism and aspiring after multilateralism.