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NKorea: Priority to build up nuclear deterrent
AP - 1 hour 44 minutes ago
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Saturday its priority is to build up its "nuclear deterrent force" to protect itself and not to normalize diplomatic ties with the United States.
Pyongyang last week said it would not give up its nuclear weapons until after Washington alters its "hostile policy" toward its government and proves it does not pose an atomic threat.
The cryptic statement was the first to lay out the communist nation's nuclear stance since the last round of international disarmament talks stalled in December.
The North reiterated its position Saturday, saying even if diplomatic relations between the two countries are normalized, North Korea's "status as a nuclear weapons state will remain unchanged as long as it is exposed even to the slightest U.S. nuclear threat."
North Korea "can live without normalizing the relations with the U.S., but not without nuclear deterrent," a foreign ministry statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency said.
The North plans to "boost the nuclear deterrent in every way to more firmly defend the security of our nation," it added.
North Korean state media regularly accuse the U.S. of planning to attack the communist regime. Washington denies any such intention.
The North has sought to normalize its relations with the U.S. as one of the country's top priorities and reached a disarmament-for-aid deal, but the pact has been deadlocked over how to verify North Korea's past nuclear activities.
North Korea detonated an atomic device in 2006.
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