“We will strengthen our self-defense power, centered on nuclear forces, without limitations, without being content (with our current level) and without ceasing,” said the North Korean leader in his speech.
According to the regime’s official news agency, Kim made the comment on Friday of last week, the last day of the 4th Conference of Battalion Commanders and Political Instructors of the North Korean People’s Army (KPA). ). This conference lasted two days and took place in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. It was the first conference of its kind in 10 years.
The North Korean leader urged military officials to focus on completing war preparations, emphasizing that North Korea should continue to increase its nuclear forces to achieve the stated goal of deterring war.
Likewise, the leader of the regime called trilateral cooperation between South Korea, the United States and Japan (countries that recently met to strengthen cooperation against North Korea) “a critical factor” that threatens peace and stability in the Korean peninsula. Furthermore, he added that this military alliance, led by the United States, has been expanding to broader areas, covering Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
North Korea ratifies defense treaty with Russia in the middle of the Ukraine war
Kim claimed that the American power and the West have been carrying out a war against Russia, using Ukraine as “shock troops” in an attempt to expand the scope of Washington’s military intervention in the world, according to the report. KCNA report.
However, the North Korean president did not make any mention of the deployment of North Korean troops in Russia to support Moscow’s war against Ukraine, an issue that has the international community and South Korea in particular very concerned, as it could bring important consequences for the peninsula amid growing tensions.
As explained very briefly above, the speech of Kim Jong-un it is because the leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan held, last Friday in Peru, a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (also known as APEC) summit, in which they condemned the intensification of military cooperation between North Korea and Russia at war.
Furthermore, a few days ago, South Korea and the United States confirmed that the North Korean soldiers have begun combat operations against Ukrainian forces in the Kursk border region of western Russia.
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