North Korea will never negotiate away its nuclear weapons program regardless of who wins the upcoming U.S. presidential election, Pyongyang’s ambassador to the U.N. told the General Assembly on Monday.
"When it comes to the right to self-defense, a legitimate right of a sovereign state, we will never go back to the point in the far-off past," Song Kim stated, emphasizing that North Korea's “national prestige” is not up for negotiation.
North Korea will never negotiate away its nuclear weapons program regardless of who wins the upcoming U.S. presidential election, Pyongyang’s ambassador to the U.N. told the General Assembly on Monday.
"When it comes to the right to self-defense, a legitimate right of a sovereign state, we will never go back to the point in the far-off past," Song Kim stated, emphasizing that North Korea's “national prestige” is not up for negotiation.
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