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DPRK Representative Uses U.N. Right of Reply to Blame ROK and U.S. for Regional Instability
Summary
A representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea used a right of reply at the United Nations to accuse the Republic of Korea’s foreign minister of political provocation, blame U.S. nuclear threats and military drills for regional instability, and reject Security Council resolutions.
A representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea told the United Nations General Assembly it was exercising its right of reply to rebut what it called a ‘‘political provocation’’ by the Republic of Korea’s foreign minister. The delegate accused the ROK minister of abusing the U.N. platform and said the statement sought to tarnish the DPRK’s dignity and sovereignty.
The DPRK speaker placed responsibility for the peninsula’s tensions on long-standing U.S. policies, saying it is "an undeniable fact in history" that the U.S. nuclear…
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