Monitoring Desk: North Korea has denounced Israel as “a cancer-like entity for the peace in the Middle East”, criticizing attacks on ally Iran and accusing the U.S. of “fanning up the flames of war.”
In its first official response to the Israel-Iran war, North Korea stated that Israeli strikes are “a hideous act of aggression wantonly violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a sovereign state and an unpardonable crime against humanity.
The press statement released by the foreign ministry spokesperson of North Korea through the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the spokesperson added:
“The Zionists who brought a new war to the Middle East and the behind-the-scenes forces who zealously patronize and support them will be held responsible for destroying international peace and security.
The statement further said:
The illegal act of state-sponsored terrorism by Israel, which launched a reckless large-scale military attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran at dawn on June 13, is sparking off strong denunciation and concern of the international community, raising the danger of a new all-out war in the Middle East region.
The daily escalating Israel’s reckless military attack on civilians in wanton violation of international law and the basic principle of the UN Charter is a hideous act of aggression, wantonly violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a sovereign state and an unpardonable crime against humanity.
The DPRK expresses serious concern over Israel’s military attack and resolutely denounces it.
The present grave situation witnessed by the world proves that Israel, supported and patronized by the U.S. and the West, is a cancer-like entity for peace in the Middle East and a chief culprit of destroying global peace and security.
Israel has steadily expanded its territory through four Middle East wars and tens of military invasions in the past. In recent years alone, it has escalated military attacks on the Gaza Strip of Palestine, the West Bank of the Jordan River, Lebanon, Syria, and other regional countries step by step, thus massacring tens of thousands of civilians and creating a serious humanitarian crisis.
The international community is strictly watching the U.S. and Western forces fanning up the flames of war, taking issue with the legitimate sovereign right and exercise of the right to self-defence of Iran, the victim, far from condemning Israel for getting frantic with the territorial expansion, pushing the situation in the Middle East to an uncontrollable catastrophic phase.
