U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to staff and households throughout a meet-and-greet at the USA Embassy in Panama Metropolis Panama Metropolis, Feb. 2. AP-Yonhap
North Korea on Monday condemned U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for calling Pyongyang a „rogue state“ and vowed highly effective counteraction in its first official criticism in opposition to the Trump administration.
A spokesperson at North Korea’s overseas ministry issued the assertion after Rubio stated the USA has rogue states to cope with, akin to Iran and North Korea, throughout his latest interview with U.S. journalist Megyn Kelly.
North Korea condemned Rubio’s remarks for tarnishing the picture of a sovereign state, calling them a „grave political provocation,“ in keeping with the Korean Central Information Company.
„It’s vital to say how absurd and illogical it’s that essentially the most wicked state on the planet manufacturers one other nation a rogue state,“ the spokesperson stated, stressing that Rubio’s remarks reaffirmed the U.S. hostile coverage towards the North stays unchanged.
„We are going to by no means tolerate any provocation of the U.S., which has been all the time hostile to the DPRK and can be hostile to it sooner or later, too, however will take powerful counteraction similar to it as regular,“ the official stated.
DPRK is the acronym of the North’s official identify, the Democratic Individuals’s Republic of Korea.
It marked North Korea’s recognized first public criticism in opposition to the brand new U.S. administration since President Donald Trump returned to the White Home final month.
Trump has expressed his intent to reengage with North Korean chief Kim Jong-un, elevating prospects that he could search to revive summit diplomacy with Kim throughout his second time period.
However North Korea has not responded to Trump’s overture and as a substitute has disclosed Kim’s go to to a uranium enrichment facility whereas stressing the necessity to strengthen the nation’s „nuclear protect“ in opposition to hostile nations. (Yonhap)
