North Korea's Foreign Minister responds to G7's 'denuclearization of North Korea' statement: "It is impossible to realize... Nuclear possession is absolutely unchangeable."

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Bo-Ram Yoon = North Korea repeatedly declared its will to possess nuclear weapons, dismissing the joint statement of the foreign ministers of the seven major countries (G7), which reaffirmed its commitment to the "complete denuclearization of North Korea," as "impossible to realize."

North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui issued a statement on the 12th, stating, "Our assessment and position that possession of nuclear weapons is the best guarantee of national sovereignty are absolutely unchangeable," the Korean Central News Agency reported.

Foreign Minister Choi said, "We strongly condemn and reject the G7's malicious criticism of our country's constitutional rights, and once again most clearly reaffirm the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's unwavering will to possess nuclear weapons, which will not be shaken by anything."

At the same time, he criticized, "The G7, which is dominated by countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom that pose a serious nuclear threat to the regional and global security environment through the illegal spread of military nuclear technology, and war-defeated countries such as Japan that attempt to arm themselves with nuclear weapons to realize their new militarist ambitions, has no right to discuss or evaluate anyone's nuclear issue."

He argued, "The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's possession of nuclear weapons is a legal and legitimate exercise of sovereignty that is fully consistent with the right to self-defense stipulated in the United Nations Charter, and denial of it is a denial of the truth and an unconcealed exposure of hostile intentions aimed at confrontation with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea."

He continued, “The only way to guarantee peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula region is not to raise the issue of ‘denuclearization’, which cannot be realized theoretically or practically, but to respect the constitutional status of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.”

Previously, the foreign ministers of the seven countries, the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Canada, said in a joint statement issued on the 11th (local time) after the G7 foreign ministers' meeting held in Paris, France, "We strongly condemned North Korea's illegal nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs and reaffirmed our commitment to realize the complete denuclearization of North Korea in accordance with all relevant UN Security Council resolutions."

They also condemned North Korea's military deployment to Russia and expressed concerns about North Korea's cryptocurrency theft, cybercrime, and overseas worker dispatch programs.