“Soon the world will see with my own eyes”: Kim Jong-un announced the development of a new strategic weapon

North Korea will soon demonstrate new models of strategic weapons. The leader of the country, Kim Jong-un, said this during a report at a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Labor Party of North Korea. According to him, work on the creation of such systems is dictated by American politics in the region.

“It is necessary to more actively develop strategic weapons. Hostile actions are still becoming more frequent, the nuclear threat and blackmail are intensifying. In such an environment, security cannot be abandoned, pursuing visible economic successes, ”TASS quoted the Chairman of the DPRK State Council referring to the Central Telegraph Agency of Korea (CTAC).

“(Kim Jong-un. - RT ) assured that soon the world will see with its own eyes the new strategic weapon that the DPRK will possess,” the Central Control Commission reports.

The North Korean leader emphasized that if the United States continues to “cling to a hostile policy towards the DPRK,” the process of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula will not be completed. He recalled that, within the framework of the agreements reached, Pyongyang had stopped nuclear testing and destroyed the nuclear test site over the past two years, but Washington did not take a retaliatory step.

“The United States did not respond with adequate measures. They conducted large and small joint military exercises several times, the termination of which was personally promised by the president (Donald Trump. - RT ) ... In this situation, there are no longer any reasons why we should unilaterally depend on our obligations in which we don’t even have a vis-a-vis, and this, like ice water, cools our efforts to nuclear disarmament and prevent proliferation, ”he said.

In this regard, Kim Jong-un called for strengthening the power of the republic’s armed forces so that “hostile forces could not dare to encroach” on the sovereignty of Pyongyang.

Commenting on these words, US President Donald Trump expressed confidence that Kim Jong-un will fulfill the agreements reached earlier between the countries. According to him, he has developed good interpersonal relations with the North Korean leader.

“I think he is a man of his word,” said the head of the White House.

In turn, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in an interview with Fox News, expressed the hope that Kim Jong-un will restructure his country's policies.

“We still hope that Chairman Kim will take a different course,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying. “I hope he chooses peace and prosperity, not peace and war.”

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The reaction of the American side was manifested at a different level - the US special envoy for the DPRK Stephen Bigan held telephone conversations with the special representative of South Korea for peace and security on the peninsula Lee Do Hong. This was reported by Yonhap.

According to information from the agency’s interlocutor from the South Korean Foreign Ministry, diplomats discussed the plenum of the Central Committee of the DPRK Labor Party and exchanged views on the statements of Kim Jong-un.

In turn, the official representative of the Ministry of Association of South Korea, Lee Sang Min, warned Pyongyang against testing new strategic weapons.

“The South Korean government believes that if the North demonstrates new weapons, it will not contribute to negotiations on denuclearization and efforts to establish peace on the Korean peninsula ... The government hopes that the dialogue between North Korea and the United States will begin as early as possible and lead to real progress as a result of the simultaneous and mutual implementation of the provisions of the joint declaration after the summit in Singapore, ”said Lee San Ming.

At the same time, Russia's Permanent Representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, called for urgent intensification of diplomatic efforts in the Korean direction in order to prevent escalation in the region.

"An alarming development around the issue of denuclearization ... The policy of sanctions should finally become more reasonable, as provided for in UN Security Council resolutions on the DPRK," Ulyanov stressed.

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“Pyongyang’s aspiration should be more actively encouraged.”

Recall that in May 2018, the DPRK destroyed the nuclear test site in Phungeri. And in June, a summit of US and North Korean leaders was held in Singapore. Following its results, a joint statement was signed on normalizing relations, which includes the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in exchange for "security guarantees."

Subsequently, the DPRK dismantled several more nuclear facilities, but the United States did not take retaliatory steps. Neither the UN Security Council nor unilateral sanctions imposed by Washington were lifted or relaxed.

After Pyongyang's repeated dissatisfaction in December 2019, the Central Transport Commission announced that tests were conducted at the Sohe training ground. Details about the type of weapon were not reported, but it was alleged that it would increase the "potential of strategic nuclear deterrence" of the DPRK.

Moscow advocates the gradual easing of sanctions, as encouraging the DPRK on the path to denuclearization. According to the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, this would be better in resolving the situation on the peninsula.

“We consider it necessary to more actively engage the mechanisms of the UN Security Council to help resolve the situation on the Korean Peninsula. The Security Council should actively encourage Pyongyang's desire for denuclearization, ”she said on December 26.

“In practice, this would mean easing the regime of international sanctions against the DPRK as it moves towards nuclear disarmament,” the diplomat added.