“I deeply regret that the UN Secretary-General is taking a truly deplorable attitude and ignoring the purpose and principles of the UN Charter, and his very mandate to maintain impartiality, objectivity and fairness in all circumstances,” he said. Choe Son Hui according to the North Korean news agency KCNA. The minister sees Guterres’s statements as proof that the UN chief is “a puppet of the United States”.
The UN Secretary-General had called on North Korea on Friday to “immediately refrain” from further “provocations” following the relaunch and again urged Pyongyang to return to the negotiating table.