Seoul: The United Nations should demand an immediate end to joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea, North Korea's foreign ministry demanded on Sunday, claiming the drills were escalating tensions that were spiraling out of control. could have been out.
The associated exercises and rhetoric are "irresponsibly raising the level of confrontation," according to Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyeong of international organizations in a statement carried by state news agency KCNA.
Large-scale military exercises involving amphibious landings will be held by the US and South Korea over ten days in March, officials from both countries announced on Friday.
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North Korea's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs, which are outlawed by UN Security Council resolutions, pose a growing threat, according to the US and South Korea, who claim the drills are necessary in self-defense.
Pyongyang claimed on Saturday that the collapse of the international arms control system, according to North Korea, was caused by the United States and was an appropriate response to maintain the balance of power in Pyongyang's nuclear weapons sector.
Additionally, the Allies have been conducting training sessions for special ration soldiers for weeks. On Friday, a US long-range bomber and a South Korean fighter jet took part in a joint aerial exercise.
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Kim said the United States and the international community must strongly urge the United States and South Korea to stop their provocative statements and joint military exercises.
The continued silence of the United Nations regarding exercises of a "clearly offensive nature" is regrettable, he said.
In a statement last month, Kim claimed that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was "grossly unfair and unbalanced" in his assessment of North Korea's missile tests.