As tensions between the United States, its allies, and North Korea continue to escalate, the hermit country made it clear that they will not engage in diplomatic talks until they’ve developed a ballistic missile capable of reaching “all the way to the East coast” of the U.S.
A North Korean official told CNN that while they are not ruling out diplomacy just yet, “before we can engage in diplomacy with the Trump administration, we want to send a clear message that the DPRK has a reliable defensive and offensive capability to counter any aggression from the United States.”
Furthermore, in a speech to the UN General Assembly’s disarmament committee on Monday, North Korea deputy UN ambassador Kim In-ryong said that the situation in the Korean peninsula “has reached the touch-and-go point and a nuclear war may break out any moment.”
“The entire US mainland is within our firing range and if the US dares to invade our sacred territory even an inch it will not escape our severe punishment in any part of the globe,” he added.
Despite these ominous warnings, however, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson affirmed that the United States will not back down, saying diplomatic talks “will continue until the first bomb drops.”
Interestingly, Kim also claimed that, “The DPRK consistently supports the total elimination of nuclear weapons and the efforts for denuclearisation of the entire world.” However, “Unless the hostile policy and the nuclear threat of the U.S. is thoroughly eradicated, we will never put our nuclear weapons and ballistic rockets on the negotiating table under any circumstances.”
Yeah, right. Thank goodness we have a president like Donald Trump at the helm, who’s proven he’s not falling for any of North Korea’s B.S.
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