After the Ukrainian authorities severed diplomatic relations with it due to Pyongyang’s recognition of the “Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics”, the North Korean foreign ministry said that “Ukraine has no right to raise a question or object to our legitimate exercise of sovereignty. “After committing an act that deeply lacks fairness and justice among nations, by actively joining the unjust and illegal hostile policies of the United States [تجاه بيونغ يانغ] In the past”.

“We will continue to strengthen and develop friendship and cooperation with all countries that respect our sovereignty and treat us positively, based on the principles of sovereign equality, non-interference in internal affairs and mutual respect,” she said.

According to Reuters, Pyongyang has accused Washington of pursuing a “hostile policy” by imposing international sanctions on its long-range nuclear and missile tests.