North Korea slams G7 statement on denuclearization

North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui (center) is seen in Pyongyang on Oct. 26, 2025, ahead of her trip to Russia, in this photo released by the state-run [North] Korean Central News Agency the following day.

SEOUL, November 14 (AJP) - North Korean on Friday denounced a recent joint statement by the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries earlier this week.

According to the state-run [North] Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui expressed "strong dissatisfaction and regret" over what she described as "hostile acts" by the G7 ministers in condemning the statement.

The statement came on Wednesday, after the ministers wrapped up the G7 gathering in Canada, where they reaffirmed North Korea's complete denuclearization.

She added, "The way of ensuring the peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the Asia-Pacific region is not the advocating of the unrealistic 'denuclearization' but the respecting of the Constitution of the [North]."

Choe also claimed, "In the present grim geopolitical environment, the possession of nukes is the most correct option to deter the most dangerous and hostile states."

* This article, published by Aju Business Daily, was translated by AI and edited by AJP.