Seoul, Aug 14 : North Korea accused U.N.Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday of lacking impartiality as head of the global agency, taking issue with his denuclearisation-related remarks during a visit to Seoul last week.In a statement to the press Kim Son-gyong was the North Korea vice foreign minister for international organizations, decried the U.N.chief for his public declaration of “full backing for the total, verified and irreparable denuclearisation (CVID)” of North Korea.
Guterres had a meeting with South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol last Friday, Yonhap news agency reported.
According to an English-language article of the Korean Central News Agency, Kim stated “I cannot help but express deep regret over the comments of the UN secretary general that are in complete disregard of fairness and impartiality and are in violation of the terms of his duty, as stated in the UN Charter in relation to the subject of the Korean peninsula.”
“The so-called CVID that is promoted by the U.S.and its vassal forces, is simply an infringement on the sovereignty of the DPRK because it calls for unilateral disarmament and Secretary General Guterres may be aware that the DPRK has firmly denied it without any tolerance,” the vice foreign minister said.The DPRK is the acronym for North Korea’s official name, which is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Kim said that North’s nuclear program is an “inevitable decision” to protect its security.Kim demanded Guterres to “be cautious in engaging in such risky remarks and actions such as “pouring gasoline on fire” at the time of the “extremely critical circumstance” that is affecting the Korean Peninsula.
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