Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 01st July. North Korea on Sunday vowed to take “offensive and overwhelming countermeasures” to protect its sovereignty as it condemned South Korea, the US and Japan joint military exercises.
According to news reports the move came after a growing North Korea-Russia alignment during the meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed a “comprehensive strategic partnership” treaty that calls to provide military assistance to each other without delay if either side comes under an armed attack.
North Korea’s foreign ministry said in a statement cited by the official Korean Central News Agency that North Korea will “never overlook the moves of the US and its followers to strengthen the military bloc but firmly defend the sovereignty, security and interests of the state and peace in the region through offensive and overwhelming countermeasures.”
The ministry did not elaborate on what it meant by countermeasures.
On Saturday, South Korea, the US and Japan ended the three-day trilateral multi-domain military exercise, titled “Freedom Edge,” aimed to strengthen their deterrence against North Korean threats.
Three nations have had combined maritime and aerial exercises before, but Freedom Edge was the first trilateral exercise held across multiple domains, including air, maritime, underwater and cyber.
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