The dictator of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, said Monday that Pyongyang will continue to develop “powerful means of attack” to strengthen national defense capacity, days after Pyongyang confirmed to have launched an intercontinental ballistic missile 'Hwasong 17'.
The president said that Pyongyang “will continue to achieve the goal of strengthening national defense capabilities and will develop more powerful means of attack to equip the People's Army”, as reported by the South Korean news agency Yonhap.
“We must be strong in all circumstances to defend peace, accelerate socialist construction and be responsible for the security of the new generations, free from any threat,” said Kim Jong Un.
The North Korean leader has made these statements while holding a photo shoot with officials and scientists who contributed to the “successful” trial launch of 'Hwasong 17', according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Thus, Kim Jong-un stressed that a country can prevent war and ensure its security only when it is equipped with “formidable attack capabilities” and “an overwhelming military power that cannot be stopped by anyone.”
In his view, the development of national defense would have been “unthinkable without the trust and ardent patriotism of all the people, who have provided unconditional and absolute support and encouragement to the sacred and indispensable cause of building the country's nuclear war deterrence”.
North Korean authorities confirmed on March 25 that North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un witnessed the trial launch of the 'Hwasong 17' intercontinental missile, the first test of its kind since 2017.
This intercontinental ballistic missile, launched from Pyongyang International Airport, flew 1,090 kilometers for 4,052 seconds while reaching a maximum altitude of 6,248.5 kilometers before reaching its target in the East Sea, as reported by KCNA.
The European Union condemned the North Korean ballistic test, assuring that it poses a threat to regional security and peace and violates United Nations resolutions.
The G7 Foreign Ministers also called on North Korea to “completely, verifiably and irreversibly” abandon its programmes related to the development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.
(With information from Europa Press)
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