North Korea warned on Sunday that the United States would face “a very serious situation” and claimed that President Joe Biden “made a big mistake” in his recent speech by calling North Korea a security threat.
In his first speech to Congress, Biden called North Korea and Iran’s nuclear programs “serious threats” to US and global security and said he will work with his allies to address those issues through diplomacy and harsh deterrence. .
“His statement clearly reflects his intention to continue to pursue hostile policy as the United States has done for more than half a century,” Kwon Jong Gun, a senior North Korean Foreign Ministry official, said in a statement.
“It is true that the CEO of the United States made a big mistake in light of today’s point of view,” Kwon said. “Now that the keynote of America’s new North Korean policy has become clear, we will be forced to push for appropriate action and eventually the United States will find itself in a very dire situation.” .
Kwon has not yet specified what steps North Korea would take, and his statement could be seen as an effort to pressure the Biden administration as it is shaping its North Korean policy.
Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said on Sunday that US policy “is not aimed at hostility, but is aimed at solutions” and “ultimately achieving the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. “.
“And we are prepared to engage in diplomacy toward that ultimate goal, but we are working on practical steps that can help us move toward that goal,” Sullivan said on ABC’s “This Week.”
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The White House said on Friday that administration officials had completed a review of US policy toward North Korea and said Biden plans to deviate from the approaches of his two most recent predecessors as he tries to stop North Korea’s nuclear program. .
Press secretary Jen Psaki did not elaborate on the findings of the review, but suggested that the administration would seek a middle ground between Donald Trump’s “great deal” and Barack Obama’s “strategic patience” approaches.
An unidentified spokesman for the North Korean Foreign Ministry promised a strong and separate response to a recent statement by the State Department that it would push to promote the “responsibility of the Kim regime” for its “appalling human rights situation.” He called the declaration a preparation for “a total showdown with us.”