AFP :
North Korea’s foreign ministry on Monday said a new US alliance in the Indo-Pacific and Washington’s recent submarine contract with Australia could trigger a “nuclear arms race” in the region.
Last week the US announced a new three-way security pact with Australia and Britain, as part of a strategic partnership under which American nuclear submarines will be supplied to Canberra.
“These are extremely undesirable and dangerous acts which will upset the strategic balance in the Asia-Pacific region and trigger off a chain of a nuclear arms race,” North Korean state media KCNA quoted a foreign ministry official as saying.
“This shows that the US is the chief culprit toppling the international nuclear non-proliferation system,” they added.
