North Korea not giving up nuclear weapons - Pyongyang called Seoul's proposal "stupid and recycled"
Kim Yo-yong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said her country would never accept South Korean President Yun Suk-yeol's "stupid" offer of economic aid in exchange for steps toward denuclearization and accused Seoul of "proposals for recycling". which Pyongyang has already rejected. , AP reports.
In a statement published today by North Korean media, Kim Yo Jong emphasized that her country has no intention of giving up its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs for economic cooperation and said that "no one changes their destiny for petty and unimportant gain.
A senior North Korean official questioned the sincerity of calls from Seoul to improve bilateral relations at a time when, she said, South Korea continues joint military exercises with the United States and does not crack down on civilian activists who distribute anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets. and another, as they called it, "dirty garbage" across the border of the two countries.
Kim Yo Jong also mocked South Korea's military capabilities, saying the South had "misplaced" the launch site for Pyongyang's latest missile tests on Wednesday, hours before the South Korean president used a news conference to call North Korea to return to diplomacy.
"It would be better for his reputation to keep his mouth shut than to talk nonsense because he had nothing better to say," she said of June's suggestion.
South Korea's Unification Ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, expressed "strong regret" over Kim Yo Jong's comments, and the president's office told Pyongyang to show "restraint" and "deeply consider" Seoul's offer.
Last week, Kim Yo Jong threatened "deadly" retaliation against South Korea over the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic in her country, which she claims was caused by leaflets and other items dropped from balloons launched by South Korean activists.
During a speech on state television on Monday, Jun Suk-yeol offered North Korea an economic aid package if it took steps toward denuclearization and gave up its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.
This offer of major aid in food and medicine, as well as the modernization of power generation systems and seaports and airports, was not significantly different from previous South Korean proposals that Pyongyang has rejected, the AP said.