The agency indicated that Kim Jong Un He would not rule out using it if enemies attacked his country.
“To be frank, we have absolutely no intention of attacking,” Kim said South Korea“, in a speech delivered at the Kim Jong Un National Defense University, a training center for elite military specialists.
He added, “If the enemy tries to use force against our country,” North Korean army He will use all forms of response without hesitation, which “does not prevent the use of Nuclear weapons“.
He added, “Our steps will accelerate to become a major military power and a nuclear power,” according to Reuters.
Kim also called for strengthening defenses north korea Widespread, according to the official news agency.
North Korea has been seeking for decades to possess Nuclear weapons programme It is believed to have enough fissile material to build dozens of such weapons. Pyongyang conducted 6 underground nuclear explosion tests.
Last week, South Korea celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day with a large military parade, which included a parade Ballistic missile Capable of carrying a massive warhead. He also witnessed the flight of an American strategic bomber in the sky.
In his speech that day, the South Korean president warned the North against using nuclear weapons. “That day will witness the end of the North Korean regime,” he said.
Kim also sent a congratulatory message to the Russian President Vladimir Putin On the occasion of his birthday, according to what the agency reported.
Kim described Putin as his “closest comrade” and said that “strategic and cooperative relations” between the two countries would rise to a new level to work to “defend regional and global peace and international justice.”
