Seoul, June 28: North Korea today warned that it would regard a move by Washington to bring a standoff over the North's nuclear program to the United Nations as a "prelude to war," and said it would respond with a "corresponding measure." North Korea's official news agency did not say what the corresponding measure would be.
The communist country has been sharpening its anti-US rhetoric amid tensions over its suspected nuclear weapons development. The United States has proposed that the Security Council issue a statement denouncing North Korea's nuclear program. Washington and its allies have been pressuring the North to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
The North said it would consider the introduction of the nuclear issue at the UN Security Council "as a prelude to a war and take a corresponding measure." The US "intention to refer the issue to the UN can never be tolerated as it seeks to use the UN in achieving its criminal aim to isolate and stifle" North Korea, the news agency said.
Yesterday, North Korea submitted a letter to the Security Council urging it to take a neutral stance on the nuclear dispute.
North Korea accuses the United States of setting off the nuclear dispute to create an excuse to invade the communist country. Bureau Report