Kim Jong Un’s sister said that North Korea would never deal with a South Korean proposal.
Seoul:
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister on Friday dismissed Seoul’s offer of economic aid in exchange for denuclearization as “the height of absurdity” and ruled out the possibility of face-to-face talks.
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yol this week made a statement detailing an “audacious” aid plan that would include food, energy and infrastructure aid in return for abandoning the North’s nuclear weapons program.
Analysts had previously said that the possibility of Pyongyang accepting such a proposal – first issued during Yun’s inaugural speech – had vanished, because the North, which accounts for a large portion of its GDP, was under arms programs. invests in, has long made it clear that it will not do that business.
Kim Jong Un’s sister, Yo Jong, called Yun’s proposal “the height of absurdity” on Friday, saying the entire premise of the North was wrong to willingly put its nuclear program on the table.
“To think that our honour, the plan of barter of ‘economic cooperation’ for (our) nuclear, is Yun’s noble dream, hope and plan, we found out that he is indeed simple and still childish,” He said in one Statement made by the official Korea Central News Agency.
“We make it clear that we will not sit face-to-face with them,” he said.
North Korea has conducted a record-breaking test of weapons this year, including firing a full-range intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time since 2017.
Washington and South Korean officials have repeatedly warned that North Korea is preparing to conduct its seventh nuclear test.
Last week, Pyongyang threatened to “wipe out” Seoul authorities over the recent COVID-19 outbreak, less than a month after leader Kim Jong Un warned that his country would fight any war with the United States and the South. was “ready to mobilize” its nuclear capability. ,
Yoon said on Wednesday that his administration had no plans to advance its nuclear deterrence, even as Pyongyang tested two cruise missiles on the same day.
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