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Spokesman for DPRK Foreign Ministry Assails Projected S. Korea-U.S. Joint Military Maneuvers

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

   Pyongyang, March 22 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry gave the following answer to the question put by KCNA on March 22 as regards the projected U.S.-south Korea RSOI and Foal Eagle joint military exercises:
    As already reported, the U.S. and south Korea are going to stage RSOI and Foal Eagle joint military exercises across south Korea from March 25.
    These are very dangerous provocations casting shadow over the implementation of an agreement adopted with much effort at the six-party talks on February 13 and the progress of the talks.
    The DPRK cannot but suspect an ulterior aim sought by the U.S. and the south Korean authorities in talking about the "reconciliation and improved relations," "peace and stability" while planning to stage the large-scale military exercises targeted against the dialogue partner.
    Dialogue and saber-rattling cannot go together.
    The U.S. and south Korean war-like forces will be wholly responsible for all the adverse consequences to be entailed by their provocative military actions.