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North Korea to maintain nuclear deterrent until US leaves region
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 29 - 09 - 2010

North Korea said Wednesday its nuclear deterrent capability will remain in place as long as US nuclear aircraft
carriers are present in surrounding seas.
Pyongyang's Vice Foreign Minister Pak Gil Yon said Northeast Asia
has remained tense because of what he called the "touch-and-go
situation" following the downing of South Korea naval ship Cheonan in
March, according to dpa.
South Korea, backed by the US, accused North Korea of torpedoing
the ship, which resulted in more than 40 South Korean sailors killed.
The north has rejected the accusation.
Pak accused the US of being a "disruptor of peace" in the region.
"As long as the UN nuclear aircraft carriers sail around the seas
of our country, our nuclear deterrent can never be abandoned, but
should be strengthened further," Pak said in an address to the UN
General Assembly in New York.
"This is the lesson we have drawn," he said.
Pak said North Korea's nuclear policy remains unchanged and that
it is opposed to nuclear war, nuclear arms race and nuclear
proliferation.
"The denuclearization of the Korean peninsula is the policy goal
maintained consistently by the government of the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea for peace and security in Northeast Asia and the
denuclearization of the world," Pak said.
Pak said the Middle East and the Korean peninsula are "chronic hot
spots" affecting world peace and security. He called on the
international community to help end the 35-year war situation on the
Korean peninsula, referring to the ending the Korean War in 1953 with
an armistice rather than a peace treaty. North and South Korea remain
in a virtual state of war.
He said UN members have the "noble duty" to safeguard peace and
security, and promote socio-economic development in and around the
Korean peninsula.


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