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U.S. Hit for Blockade Operation against DPRK

KCNA

    Pyongyang, August 9 (KCNA) -- On June 12 the U.S. called a meeting of 11 allies in Madrid to hatch a plot to take steps for collective blockade against the DPRK and force them to push ahead with strict control and inspection of the DPRK's vessels and planes passing through their territorial waters and space under their domestic laws now in force. Denouncing this, Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article says:
    The U.S. has so far increased pressure on the DPRK, pulling up it over its "nuclear threat," but it has failed to form a united front with its allies to push forward a collective blockade operation against the DPRK.
    The operation is aimed to drive the DPRK to economic recess, seize the initiative in dealing with the nuclear issue and contain the DPRK by force of arms.
    Whether the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. is settled or not depends on the latter's attitude.
    The U.S. projected international siege to the DPRK is an illegal act and a grave violation of the sovereignty as it ignores international law and norms governing the relations among the nations.
    The U.S. seeks in the blockade operation to isolate the DPRK to extremes, weaken the DPRK economically and militarily and stifle it by force of arms. So, the Korean people regard the blockade operation as the use of force against the DPRK.
    The key to the settlement of the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. is dialogue and negotiations. The U.S. attempt to put pressure on the DPRK and get any concessions from it through the operation is a daydream.
    The U.S. had better be aware of this and judge and deal with all the matters with reason.