North Korea said on Sunday, 14 June, that denuclearisation is a matter that is irreversibly terminated, in a condemnation of recent nuclear deterrence talks between the U.S. and South Korea.
"It is an unreasonable talk and [a] fantastic daydream to mention disarming the other belligerent party's nuclear weapons," said an unnamed spokesperson of North Korea's Foreign Ministry, according to the KCNA state news agency.
Pyongyang issued the criticism after Washington and Seoul reaffirmed their shared goal of denuclearisation at the Nuclear Consultative Group meeting on Thursday.
"The U.S. and its vassal forces' meaningless rhetoric against the DPRK (North Korea) and cooperation in posing a nuclear threat to it can never affect the irreversible position of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state," said the spokesperson.
"'Denuclearisation' is an irreversibly finalised matter," implying that the matter is not up for discussion with regards to Pyongyang.
The spokesperson also rejected the Extended Deterrence Dialogue between the U.S. and Japan last week, where the two countries reiterated their commitment to the "complete denuclearisation" of North Korea.
"No matter how hard the U.S., Japan and the ROK (South Korea) may quibble, they will never change the present position of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state," said the spokesperson.
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