North Korea
is ready to give the United States a “severe lesson” with its strategic nuclear
force if it takes military action against it, and will not put its nuclear
program
or its missiles on the negotiating table, it said in a statement to a
regional meeting on Monday.
In a
transcript of a statement by Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho, which was distributed
to media in Manila, Pyongyang called new U.N. sanctions “fabricated” and warned
there would be “strong follow-up measures” and acts of justice. It said the
resolution showed the United Nations had abused its authority.
It said its
intercontinental ballistic missile tests in July proved that the entire United
States was in its firing range, and those missiles were a legitimate means of
self-defense. It was not immediately clear whether the statement was read to
the ASEAN Regional Forum on Monday.
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