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North Korean state media have criticized security cooperation between the United States, Japan and South Korea as a prelude to creating an “Asian version of NATO.”
Leaders of the three countries are expected to meet on Wednesday (29) behind the scenes of the NATO summit in Madrid.
The Korean Central News Agency said in an article Wednesday (29) that the formation of a security alliance between the United States, Japan and South Korea “is evidently a dangerous prelude to the creation of an Asian version of NATO”.
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The article goes on to say that measures aimed at irresponsible military confrontation “will only bring catastrophic self-destructive consequences”.
