Nuclear weapons guarantee peace for DPRK - foreign minister

PYONGYANG, October 11. /TASS/. The DPRK’s nuclear program is a deterrent that guarantees the country’s right to sovereignty in the wake of US’ aggressive policy towards Pyongyang, DPRK Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho said in a conversation with the TASS delegation in the country’s capital. "Our nuclear weapons are a result of sanguinary struggle for protecting the destiny and sovereignty of our Motherland from American nuclear threats, that it is a deterrent that guarantees peace and security in the region and the right of the Korean nation to existence and development, that it is a sacramental sword of justice, which allows for banishing the dark clouds of nuclear tyranny and ensuring an independent life of the whole of humanity under clear blue skies," he said. The TASS delegation headed by TASS Director General Sergei Mikhaylov is on a visit to the DPRK on the invitation of the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Read more