North
Korean Deputy Ambassador
Kim In Ryong
told the United Nations General Assembly’s disarmament committee on October 16
that the situation in the Korean Peninsula “has reached a touch-and-go-point
and nuclear war may break out at any moment”.
“The entire US mainland is within our firing
range and if the US dares to invade our sacred territory even an inch it will
not escape our severe punishment in any part of the globe,” he said.
As reported
by Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany’s international broadcaster, North Korea
(despite exaggerating both the power and range of its nuclear arsenal) has
performed six nuclear tests since 2006 and its ballistic missiles are believed
to reach the US territory of Guam.
International
efforts by the US, the EU, Russia and Pyongyang’s closest ally China have
yielded no progress in halting the country’s nuclear arms programme.
While Kim
In Ryong said his country supports “the total elimination of nuclear weapons”
globally, he warned that North Korea cannot disarm because the United States
“constantly threatens and blackmails [Pyongyang] with nuclear weapons”.
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