Alwaght- North Korea's foreign minister says that it is inevitable that missiles from his country will hit the US following Donald Trump’s insults to the country’s leader and military provocations.
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho made the remarks in a Saturday addresses at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters adding that, Trump's insults make "our rocket's visit to the entire US mainland inevitable all the more."
Ri said that recent economic sanctions placed on his country by the UN, and Washington, will do very little to deter his country's plans to develop a nuclear force capable of hitting the US mainland.
"Through such a prolonged and arduous struggle, now we are finally only a few steps away from the final gate of completion of the state nuclear force," Ri said. "It is only a forlorn hope to consider any chance that [North Korea] would be shaken an inch or change its stance due to the harsher sanctions by the hostile forces."
Trump insulted the North Korean leader personally during his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly this week, calling him "rocket man" and saying that he was on a "suicide mission" if he keeps developing his nuclear weapons program. In response, Kim released an unprecedented personal rebuke, calling Trump a "dotard", and a "frightened dog".
Following Trump’s insults, North Korean officials indicated that Kim was considering testing a nuclear weapon in the Pacific Ocean.
"It could be the most powerful detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific,” Ri said then. “We have no idea about what actions could be taken as it will be ordered by leader Kim Jong-un.”
The remarks by Ri came after the US flew B-1B Lancer bombers escorted by F-15 fighters off North Korea’s coast venturing the “farthest north of the Demilitarized Zone,” separating the two Koreas, in the 21st century, the Pentagon’s spokesperson said.
The planes took off from Okinawa, Japan and flew over the waters east of the Korean Peninsula.
The current tensions on the Korean Peninsula started following increased provocations by the US which includes military drills and deployment of warships and submarines in the region.
Pyongyang insists that developing its military defenses including nuclear weapons is important to counter incessant provocations by the US including a possible nuclear aggression.
