‘We will not flinch from building up nuclear force’: N. Korea defiant in face of new sanctions
RT.com
4 Jun, 2017
North Korea has denounced the latest round of sanctions placed on it by the UN Security Council as a “hostile act,” and will continue developing its nuclear arsenal at a rapid pace, a foreign ministry spokesman said.
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution expanding sanctions on the isolated Asian country on Friday, adding 18 individuals and organizations linked to the North Korean government to an ever-growing blacklist.
But the North Korean government denounced these latest sanctions as “a crafty hostile act with the purpose of putting a curb on the DPRK’s [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] buildup of nuclear forces, disarming it and causing economic suffocation to it,” Reuters quoted the foreign ministry spokesman as saying on Sunday, in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.
“Whatever sanctions and pressure may follow, we will not flinch from the road to build up nuclear forces which was chosen to defend the sovereignty of the country and the rights to national existence and will move forward towards the final victory,” the spokesman added.
These latest sanctions had the agreement of both the United States and China, the latter being North Korea’s only notable ally. In April, US President Donald Trump said that he was working with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to resolve the “North Korean problem.” In April, Beijing halted imports of coal shipments from North Korea, one of the isolated country’s few sources of income, but has taken a less confrontational approach than Washington with calls for more dialogue.
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