Pyongyang, North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the United States is the “main enemiesor “of his country, a provocative statement against the world ‘s leading power less than two weeks before Joe Biden is sworn in as president.
Kim Jong-un also assured that his country will be equipped with a nuclear submarine, the official KCNA news agency reported on Saturday.
Pyongyang should focus on “containing and subjugating the United States, the biggest obstacle to the development of our revolution and our main enemy“, He said during the eighth congress of the ruling party, according to the agency.
Kim Jong Un has made that statement 12 days after Joe Biden took office as president on Jan. 20, and after maintaining a tumultuous relationship with outgoing President Donald Trump.
After uttering insults and threats of nuclear war, Kim Jong-un and President Trump starred in an extraordinary rapprochement, with historic and symbolic encounters.
But there has been no progress on the thorny issue of Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic programs. And negotiations have been at a standstill since the resounding failure of the second summit between the two presidents in late February 2019 in Hanoi.
Lifting sanctions
One of the reasons for this stalemate has been the lack of consensus on the concessions it should make North Korea in exchange for the lifting of the international sanctions imposed on him.
But Trump has never reached the level of hatred that North Korea being for Joe Biden, a “rabid dog” who deserves to be “beaten to death.” For his part, the president-elect called Kim a “skewer.”
“Whoever is in power in the United States, the true intent of its policy against North Korea will never change,” he said. Kim Jong Un without naming Joe Biden, according to KCNA.
Words that amount to a provocation to the new US government.
“It’s the bill for the Singapore and Hanoi summits,” tweeted Ankit Colla analyst Carnegie Endowment. “And it’s up to him to pay it to the Biden administration,” he estimated