Pyongyang denounces "irresponsible and reckless" acts of the United States before joint air exercises

The recent North Korean military exercises are, according to Pyongyang, a "reaction and a warning" to US actions

MADRID, 4 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The North Korean Foreign Ministry on Friday denounced "irresponsible and reckless" acts by the United States and urged Washington to "immediately stop" the combined air drills called 'Vigilant Storm'.

In this sense, he has warned the Biden Administration that these military maneuvers must cease "if they do not want a serious situation to occur that harms their own security interests," according to the KCNA news agency.

The North Korean Foreign Ministry has called the US actions "a serious encroachment on the security of a sovereign state and a shameless challenge to the international community's desire for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and the region."

"The United States ignored the demands of North Korea and the countries in the region ... instead, it responded by organizing combined aerial exercises of aggression under the pretext of deterring and facing any provocation," he said.

In this way, the "US military confrontation hysteria" has come, according to Pyongyang, to "extend the training period, originally scheduled until November 4", as well as to "convene a meeting of the United Nations Security Council United", another action that he has branded as "provocative".

"The military exercises of the North Korean Armed Forces after the United States initiated the combined aerial drill 'Vigilant Storm', in collusion with its vassal forces, are a reaction and a warning of action in the face of hostile provocations", has specified .

The United States and South Korea kicked off the first large-scale air exercise in nearly five years on Monday and will run through Friday, involving more than 240 planes. These movements take place in a context in which it is feared that Kim Jong Un is going to carry out a nuclear test.

The South Korean authorities have mobilized some 80 fighters this Friday after detecting a large deployment of more than 180 aircraft of the North Korean Armed Forces in various parts of the country and after days of numerous ballistic missile launches.

The South Korean Army has indicated that North Korean planes, including fighters and bombers, have been detected between 11:00 and 15:00 (local time) over several islands and areas of the eastern and western coasts of the Asian country.

To this is added, in addition, the launch of three other projectiles by the North Korean Armed Forces into the waters of the Sea of ​​​​Japan, also known as the East Sea, after it launched an intercontinental missile and two short-range missiles that could have the capability to carry nuclear warheads.