According to the ACNC news agency, Pyongyang revealed that at the recent meeting of the Board of Trustees of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Washington provoked talk of the DPRK’s denuclearization, calling its possession of nuclear weapons illegal.

We categorically condemn and reject the provocative attitude of the United States, which once again showed its unwavering hostile will toward the DPRK by intervening in its domestic affairs and violating its sovereignty.

We warn the IAEA that, without autonomy or impartiality, it is attempting to question and deter the exercise of the DPRK’s just sovereign rights, ignoring Washington’s real nuclear threat.

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