North Korea Rejects Quad Denuclearization Demand, Says 4-Nation Bloc Serves U.S. Domination
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Updated · POLITICO · May 28
North Korea Rejects Quad Denuclearization Demand, Says 4-Nation Bloc Serves U.S. Domination
12 articles · Updated · POLITICO · May 28
Pyongyang said Thursday that the “denuclearization” of North Korea “will never happen forever,” rejecting a demand from Quad foreign ministers that it abandon its nuclear arsenal.
The North Korean Foreign Ministry cast the 4-country Quad — the U.S., Japan, India and Australia — as a political and diplomatic tool for U.S. “unipolar domination.”
The rebuke answered a joint statement issued Tuesday in which the Quad called for the complete denuclearization of North Korea, underscoring renewed pressure on Pyongyang’s weapons program.
U.S. officials have warned that North Korea’s nuclear forces are increasingly capable of reaching the U.S. homeland, while its missile arsenal can strike South Korea and Japan with nuclear or conventional warheads.
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