North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui has called United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “a puppet of the United States,” Yonhap news agency reported citing KCNA news agency. She made the remarks after Guterres condemned North Korea’s ballistic missile launch of an intercontinental range.
Choe Son-hui said that the Guterres “connived at the facts” that the United States and its “vassal forces” were referring to North Korea’s exercise of “inviolable sovereignty” to the United Nations Security Council to impose pressure on Pyongyang. “The [UN] secretary-general connived at the fact that the US and its vassal forces were referring the DPRK’s exercise of its inviolable sovereignty to the UN Security Council to put pressure on it. This clearly proves that he is a puppet of the US,” Yonhap cited KCNA for quoting Choe Son-hui.
North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui expressed regret over UN Chief’s “deplorable attitude.” Referring to UN Secretary-General’s statement regarding North Korea on Friday, she said that Guterres termed North Korea’s “just exercise” of their right to “self-defence.” She made the remarks as the UN Security Council is due to convene an emergency meeting in New York on Monday (local time) in response to North Korea’s latest ICBM launch.