▲ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
North Korea has criticized the recent joint statement from the summit between South Korea and the European Union (EU), claiming that Seoul has "cast off the mask of peace" and reaffirming that its principle of treating South Korea as a hostile state remains unchanged.
In a statement issued today under the name of a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry's "10th Bureau," the North addressed the joint statement adopted during President Lee Jae-myung's visit to Europe. The spokesperson stated, "Whatever words or actions the authorities in Seoul may take, they are a challenge to us, and our anti-enemy principle of treating South Korea as a thorough hostile state remains immutable."
The spokesperson pointed to the inclusion of language in the South Korea-EU joint statement that refuses to recognize North Korea as a nuclear-armed state and condemns military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. The North claimed this is "a clear infringement on our sovereignty and a grave hostile act, which is tantamount to them throwing away the camouflage signs of 'respect for the system' and 'non-pursuit of hostile acts' that they have been talking about until their mouths wore out."
The spokesperson added that the South Korean leader has cast off the mask of peace, asserting that the true nature and fate of South Korea is that of a "primary hostile state" that cannot exist, and a "dagger" of the United States for the invasion of the Korean Peninsula and the Asian continent.
The "10th Bureau" that issued the statement is an organization newly established under the Foreign Ministry to handle affairs regarding South Korea after Pyongyang declared inter-Korean relations to be those of "two hostile states."
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