DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesperson on U.S. Hostile Moves

Pyongyang, August 27 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA on Thursday as regards the fact that the U.S. is repeatedly resorting to a series of hostile moves adversely affecting the security environment of the DPRK and the regional situation:

Recently, the U.S. Department of State decided to sell the ROK AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, the latest ultra-modern tactical missile currently operated by the U.S. army and which can be used to attack ground targets, and their related equipment worth 125 million US$.

Earlier, it announced its plan to allot millions of U.S. dollars to the "human rights" smear campaign in order to create conditions favorable for grasping so-called "human rights situation" in the DPRK and gathering information about the DPRK.

The above-said acts are another case proving the persistence and sequence of the U.S. hostile moves to add a new threat to the security sphere of the DPRK and create instability in the social system of our state.

This year alone, the U.S. approved the sale of various lethal equipment worth an astronomical sum of money, including the latest air-to-air missiles, new-type helicopters for naval operation, attack helicopters and precisely guided bombs, encouraging the ROK to boost its capability to fight a war.

Now that the military integration of the U.S. and its allies is being accelerated in the Asia-Pacific region, we can not overlook the adverse effect of the U.S. sale of its weapons to the ROK on the regional security environment.

The reality clearly proves how actively and zealously the U.S. is trying to expand the new threat to the DPRK.

We once again and clearly recognized the expression of the U.S. open attitude to be always hostile to the DPRK.

The DPRK is well aware of the reality that there always exists outsiders' malignant attempt and threat to the DPRK's security and its political stability, and will make a serious, immediate and powerful response to the hostile acts in different spheres. -0-