Kim Jong-un argued that North Korea should prepare for “dialogue and confrontation” with the United States.

Kim Jong-un asserted that North Korea must prepare for “dialogue and confrontation” with the United States, after the arrival of Democrat Joe Biden as president, according to the state agency KCNA this Friday.

Thursday, during a meeting of Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party, the North Korean dictator summed up his strategy for relations with Washington and the political tendency of the new US administration, KCNA said.

In this sense, Kim Jong-un “Stressed the need to prepare for dialogue and confrontation, and above all to be well prepared for confrontation in order to protect the dignity of our State” and guarantee a “peaceful environment,” the official news agency added.

Likewise, the dictator “called for a rapid and clear reaction, to face the development of the situation and to concentrate efforts to gain stable control of the situation on the Korean Peninsula”.

The Pyongyang regime had previously accused Biden of following a “hostile politics“And warned that it would be a”big mistake“From the President of the United States saying he would face the threat of the North Korean nuclear program”with diplomacy and deterrence”.

Biden’s predecessor, the Republican Donald trump, has raised high expectations – though he has made little progress – with a series of face-to-face meetings with Kim Jong-un, a policy Biden has said he will not pursue unless conditions change dramatically.

During a visit to Washington last May by the South Korean president Jae-in Moon, Biden announced that he would not meet with Kim Jong-un unless there is a concrete negotiating plan over Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal.

White House said it would seek a “calibrated political approach”What in diplomatic jargon is understood to be keeping a low profile and keeping an open mind. “We understand where previous efforts have struggled and have tried to learn from them,” said a senior White House official.

Washington’s new strategy for Pyongyang dismisses Trump’s “all or nothing” and Barack Obama’s “strategic patience”, betting on a middle path that continues diplomatic dialogue in phases and seeks relaunch the denuclearization talks which have stalled since 2019.

The North Korean regime, more isolated than usual due to their efforts to prevent the coronavirus from entering their territory, has not responded, at least publicly, to requests that Washington has formulated since February to resume the said negotiations.

A few days ago, the North Korean dictator called on his country’s army to maintain “an attitude of maximum vigilance” to protect national interests against the “rapid change in the situation” on the peninsula.

Kim made the appeal at a military commission meeting the day before, where they also discussed “important tasks to further increase combat effectiveness“Of its armed forces”according to requirements“Of the situation,” KCNA news agency said, without giving more details.

The meeting also discussed organizational matters, including dismissal and appointment of officersKCNA said.

Last May, North Korea threatened the United States with “A crisis beyond their control”, through the statements of the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs The North Korean in charge of American affairs, Kwon Jong-gun.

Statements were made in response to Biden’s first speech to Congress, in which he pledged to work with his allies to address the “grave threat posed by North Korea” using diplomacy and “Severe deterrence”.

Kwon claimed that Biden “made a big mistake” in referring to North Korea, noting that “now that Washington’s new policy” towards Pyongyang “is clear”, the regime “will be forced to respond with appropriate measures.”.

The senior North Korean official also noted that The United States “will face a worse crisis out of its control in the near future” if it decides to approach relations with Pyongyang “with an outdated policy and with a cold war perspective.”

For the regime led by Kim Jong-un, the tougher tone that marked Biden’s rise to power presupposes “a pretext for their hostile acts“Kwon said.

The Northern Foreign Ministry also issued another statement in which he accused the United States of “insulting the dignity of its supreme leaders” for exposing human rights violations by the regime.

With information from AFP and EFE

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