Kim Yo-jong rejects dialogue with the US and promises more satellite launches

Kim Yo-jong, sister and right-hand woman of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, criticized this Thursday the condemnations of the recent launch of a North Korean spy satellite and rejected the US proposal to return to the negotiating table. AP reports. Furthermore, regarding the recent successful launch into orbit of the North Korean intelligence satellite Malligyong-1, which managed to take images of the White House and the Pentagon, she assured that Pyongyang will launch more satellites and other weapons.

«The sovereignty of an independent State can never be an issue on the negotiating agenda and, therefore, [Corea del Norte] “We will never sit face to face with the United States for that purpose,” Kim Yo-jong said in a statement released by local media.

The statements by the senior North Korean official came a few days after the US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, described the launch of the North Korean spy satellite as a “reckless and illegal” action that threatens its neighbors. of North Korea, at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council.

At the same time, the US diplomat reiterated Washington’s offer to hold talks with Pyongyang without preconditions, stating that North Korea “can choose the time and topic” for negotiations. With RT

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