North Korea says denuclearisation is unrealisable ‘pipe dream’ before China, South Korea summit
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North Korea will show that denuclearisation is a ‘pipe dream’ which can never be realised,' its Vice-Foreign Minister Pak Myong Ho said.
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SEOUL - North Korea said on Nov 1 that denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, which South Korea said would be discussed in a summit with China later that day, is an unrealisable “pipe dream”, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung are set to hold a summit meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum held in Gyeongju, South Korea.
Mr Lee’s office said on Oct 31 that Mr Xi and Mr Lee will discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
“The ROK is still unaware that struggling to deny the DPRK’s position as a nuclear weapons state and talking about its daydream of realizing the denuclearization just reveal its lack of common sense,” the state news agency said, using the abbreviations for Republic of Korea, South Korea’s official name, and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea’s official name.
“We will show with patience that denuclearisation is a ‘pipe dream’ which can never be realised,” KCNA said, citing a statement by Vice-Foreign Minister Pak Myong Ho. REUTERS
