North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published the criticism in an article by an international security analyst after Japan formally launched an independent mission to NATO last week aimed at strengthening cooperation. did.
Published date – January 20, 2025, 10:46am
SEOUL: North Korea on Monday condemned Japan’s recent opening of a new diplomatic mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), accusing it of dangerously escalating military tensions in the region.
North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published the criticism in an article by an international security analyst after Japan formally launched an independent mission to NATO last week aimed at strengthening cooperation. did.
“Japan has established its own mission in NATO at a time when the security environment in the Asia-Pacific region is more seriously threatened by the United States’ provocative military hegemony,” the Korean Central News Agency said. “This is a dangerous act that will bring new instability to the regional situation.”
The Korean Central News Agency also said that Japan is “extremely escalating military tensions in the region” by strengthening military cooperation with NATO “in accordance with the US global domination strategy of expanding NATO’s sphere of influence to the Asia-Pacific region.” ” he criticized.
He also called Japan a “war criminal state” and “an anti-peace force,” accusing it of “threatening the Asia-Pacific region and the rest of the world through aggressive military expansion, unconcealed military buildup, and constant war training.” . ”
Yonhap News reported, citing KCNA, that the “closer relationship” between Japan and NATO is a serious threat to international peace and security.
Since Russia’s war against Ukraine and expanding ties with North Korea, NATO has strengthened its ties with Japan, South Korea, and other countries in the Indo-Pacific region. North Korea has frequently responded to such moves with sharp criticism.
