Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Vice Department Director of C.C., WPK

Pyongyang, July 29 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Monday issued the following statement titled "The contact between the DPRK and the U.S. is only a 'hope' of the U.S.": Shortly ago, a person in authority of the White House said that the president stabilized the situation on the Korean peninsula and reached the first top-level agreement on denuclearization through the three DPRK-U.S. summit meetings during his first term of office and that he is still open to dialogue with the DPRK leader for achieving the complete denuclearization of the DPRK. We do not want to give any meaning to the U.S. side's unilateral assessment of the past DPRK-U.S. dialogue. It is worth taking into account the fact that the year 2025 is neither 2018 nor 2019. The recognition of the irreversible position of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state and the hard fact that its capabilities and geopolitical environment have radically changed should be a prerequisite for predicting and thinking everything in the future. No one can deny the reality and should not misunderstand. Any attempt to deny the position of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state which was established along with the existence of a powerful nuclear deterrent and fixed by the supreme law reflecting the unanimous will of all the DPRK people will be thoroughly rejected. The DPRK is open to any option in defending its present national position. There should be a minimum judgment to admit that it is by no means beneficial to each other for the two countries possessed of nuclear weapons to go in a confrontational direction, and if so, it would be advisable to seek another way of contact on the basis of such new thinking. I do not want to deny the fact that the personal relationship between the head of our state and the present U.S. president is not bad. However, if the personal relations between the top leaders of the DPRK and the U.S. are to serve the purpose of denuclearization, it can be interpreted as nothing but a mockery of the other party. If the U.S. fails to accept the changed reality and persists in the failed past, the DPRK-U.S. meeting will remain as a "hope" of the U.S. side.

Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Vice Department Director of C.C., WPK

More From KCNA.co.jp (En)

Russian Artistes Praise Great Men

Congratulations to DPRK Premier

DPRK Defence Science Research Institutes Conduct Tests of Important Weapon Systems

Passing-on-Technique Activities for Operation of Regional-industry Factories and Hospitals Held in DPRK

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Reply Message to Lao President

Preparations for Paddy-field Fish Breeding Brisk in DPRK

Hundreds of Workers in Textile Industry Fulfill Plans Earlier in DPRK

Congratulations to DPRK Foreign Minister

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Congratulations from Cuban President

National Industrial Art Exhibition Opened in DPRK

Techniques of Water-paint Woodblock Print - Intangible Cultural Heritage of DPRK

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Birthday Spread to Honorary Curator of Sinchon Class Education House

Fifth-Stage Construction Brisk in Hwasong Area of DPRK

National Symposium on Medical Science-2026 Held

Bronze-Age and New-Stone-Age Sites for Salt Production Unearthed in DPRK

Dozens of Sci-tech Successes and High-tech Products Made in DPRK

Rodong Sinmun on Single-minded Unity of DPRK

Productivity Goes up in Electric Power Industry of DPRK

Korean-Style Orchestra Combined with Electronic Instruments

Three-revolution Red Flag Movement Brisk in Nampho Municipality

Alerts

Source Archive Size

Kim Mention Index
What's this?

Threat Index
What's this?

About KCNA Watch