North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will meet with the country’s top military officials to discuss Pyongyang’s defense policies after dozens of missile launches.
North Korea’s official news agency said Wednesday that Kim was chairing a meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party, North Korea’s one-party party, which began on Tuesday.
The purpose of the meeting is to review the advocacy work during the first half of 2022 and confirm “crucial and urgent tasks” by expand military capabilities and implement the major defense policiesadvanced the KCNA.
The agency said that the members of the Central Military Commission began by discussing the agenda that was presented, indicating that the meeting could extend for several days.
The committee should discuss the progress in the development of new weaponsas well as plans to integrate some of the systems that have been tested in recent months, including a purported hypersonic missile, a long-range cruise missile and the North’s new ICBM, senior analyst Cheong Seong-Chang told the Associated Press. Press. from the Sejong Institute in South Korea.
North Korea has carried out 19 ballistic missile tests this year, a record number.
In March, North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting the United States, violating a 2018 moratorium on major missile tests.
South Korean and US officials recently said that Pyongyang is about to complete preparations to hold its first nuclear test in about five years.
The country, completely cut off from the outside world since the start of the pandemic, ignored invitations to resume dialogue with the international community on disarmament.
Source: Observadora
