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North Korea yesterday regretted the condemnation by UN Secretary General António Guterres of recent North Korean missile launches and the call on Pyongyang to end provocations and return to dialogue.
“We deeply regret that the UN Secretary-General has issued a statement unfounded criticizing the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, official name of the North] for its righteous self-defense reaction in dealing with US military provocations,” the statement said. North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Guterres is acting as a “spokesperson for Washington”, which he considers “deplorable”, since “the UN is a world body based on justice and objectivity, therefore, it must not be biased by the interests and visions of a great power,” the ministry said in a statement quoted by the official KCNA news agency.
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