North Korea’s state news agency KCNA published a statement from the foreign ministry after UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Friday he fully supported efforts to fully denuclearize North Korea when he met with South Korean President Yun Suk-yeol. read more “I can only express my deep regret at the said remarks of the UN Secretary-General which are grossly lacking in impartiality and fairness and are contrary to the obligations of his office as defined in the UN Charter regarding the issue of the Korean Peninsula,” Kim Son said. Gyong, vice minister of international organizations at North Korea’s foreign ministry, said in a statement. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Kim added that the UN secretary-general should not seek or accept orders from the government of a particular country, but should refrain from any action that might harm his position as an international official responsible only to the UN. Kim said the North’s “complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization” (CVID) was a “violation of the DPRK’s sovereignty,” referring to North Korea by the initials of its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. “It requires unilateral disarmament, and Secretary-General Guterres may be well aware that the DPRK rejected it completely without any tolerance,” Kim said, adding that Guterres should be careful when uttering “dangerous words” amid the extremely tense situation in Korea. peninsula. North Korea has fired a record number of missiles this year and officials in Seoul and Washington say it appears to be preparing to test a nuclear weapon for the first time since 2017, amid stalled denuclearization talks. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Reported by Heekyong Yang. Edited by Sandra Maler Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
