August 14, 2021

Ri Ryong-nam, North Korean ambassador to China, told the Global Times in an exclusive interview recently that a series of US-South Korea joint military exercises that started on Tuesday are the most concentrated performance of US hostile policy against North Korea. "It's unwelcome and they will definitely pay the price for that."

US and South Korean military drills will further add uncertainty to the current situation. And the timing of the drills this time showed that the US "intends to use its strength to contain and destroy North Korea," said Ri, adding that US' actions are a threat to the safety of the North Korean people.

Regardless of the scale and type of the drills, they are a rehearsal of a war, or even a nuclear war, Ri remarked. He noted that the purpose of the US is to improve its combat plan to launch pre-emptive strikes against North Korea. "This is the aggressive nature of the ongoing drills."

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