Pyongyang July 31 (IANS) North Korea on Monday slammed South Korea for seeking to dismantle its nuclear weapons in its newly presented five-year plan.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in last week displayed his government s five-year plan of state administration which included the "strategy on the north" saying Seoul would produce a plan for dismantlement of the north s nuclear weapons Xinhua news agency reported.
A local newspaper said in a commentary that the strategy is "a heinous confrontation scenario for intensifying anti-DPRK (Democratic People s Republic of Korea) campaign over the nuclear and human rights issues".
"It is an unpardonable deed to remove the DPRK s nuclear deterrent for self-defense pursuant to the US scheme " it said.
The official Korean Central News Agency also denounced the strategy saying north-south relations "will never improve with the DPRK nuclear issue as a preconditon".
"This is absolutely unpardonable as it blocks the road for improved north-south relations disregarding the principled stand of the DPRK on the nuclear issue " it added.
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