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U.S. Military Drills against DPRK Denounced

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Pyongyang, September 5 (KCNA) -- The United States, by instigating the south Korean authorities, staged the "Ulji Focus Lens-05" joint military exercises from Aug. 22 to Sept. 2. In this regard a Rodong Sinmun analyst today says:
    The war game clearly showed that the U.S. was bent on the technical refining of war methods, not giving up its hostile policy and aggressive ambition against the DPRK. What can not be overlooked is the double-dealing tactics of the U.S. which is brandishing the club to stifle the DPRK by military force, while talking a lot about "respect for sovereignty" and "non-aggression" to the public with regard to the six-party talks.
    When the DPRK raised issue with the war rehearsal targeted against it in the course of the six-party talks, the U.S. made ridiculous remarks that the war game had nothing to do with the talks. The U.S. should know that such far-fetched assertion can never work anywhere and should bear due responsibility for its impact on the talks. We cannot but take the matter up also with the south Korean authorities for their treacherous act.
    We had made every possible effort for the development of inter-Korean relations and generously accepted all the requests of the south side. The south Korean authorities should have known this better than anyone else and been thankful for this and should have paid greater attention to the inter-Korean relations. They, however, acted provocatively against the north.
    They should clearly know that if any negative consequences are entailed to the development of the inter-Korean relations by their rude and provocative act, they can never evade the responsibility for this.