This was stated by the director of the department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Korea Kwon Jong Geun.

“The United States must understand that the continuation of provocative actions, hostility towards the DPRK, while ignoring our repeated protests and warnings, can be regarded as a declaration of war on our state,” TASS quoted him as saying.

he noted.

According to him, in order to de-escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the United States must abandon the deployment of strategic assets and military exercises directed against the DPRK with South Korea.

Earlier, the Yonhap agency, citing North Korean media, reported that the DPRK had conducted exercises to launch strategic cruise missiles.