Choi Jin, deputy director general of the North Korean Institute for Disarmament and Peace, warned that “the US and South Korea will face unprecedented security challenges if they do not stop their hostile campaign against it, including joint military exercises.”

And he said in a press interview: “The joint military exercise between Washington and Seoul this year is pushing the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war, accusing US and South Korean officials of planning to discuss the deployment of US strategic nuclear weapons during another joint exercise scheduled for next month”.

He pointed out that “the United States must bear in mind that they will be treated as equals when they threaten us with nuclear weapons,” stressing that “Washington must abandon its outdated and suicidal hostile policy towards North Korea, in Otherwise, an unwelcome punishment awaits him.” .”