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IANS | 13 Sep, 2017
Pyongyang will take measures to
retaliate against new UN Security Council sanctions to plunge the US
into the "most difficult situation" in its history, North Korea
ambassador to Russia, Kim Hyun Joong, said on Tuesday.
"Since the
US has thrown a comprehensive challenge to our country in all areas,
including political, economic and military, we are ready to respond
resolutely to this, and this is the firm and unshakable will of our army
and our people," Xinhua cited Interfax news agency quoted Joong as
saying.
On Monday, the Security Council unanimously voted for a
resolution toughening sanctions against North Korea, cutting its oil
supply by almost 30 per cent, banning all its textile exports worth $800
million and remittances of North Korea labourers from abroad.
The
ambassador said that Pyongyang rejected and condemned the "illegal"
resolutions of the UN Security Council, which he says has been turned
into a "tool" by Washington with the aim to "isolate and strangle" North
Korea.
He said North Korea "was ready to solve this problem with countermeasures," without offering any specifics.
Meanwhile, the ambassador said that North Korea would not stop its nuclear programme in spite of the sanctions.
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