DPRK Condemns US for Military Buildup in AsiaThe Korean Central News Agency condemned the United States Saturday for its decision to transfer some hardware and technical equipment of the US forces to Asia from Europe.An article carried by the news agency said that the projected transfer of the U.S. forces deployed in Europe for a large-scale war proves that the Bush administration's world strategy to bring the Asia-Pacific region under its control and exercise supremacy over it has already entered the phase of implementation. It is as clear as noonday that the transfer of military hardware to be followed by the redeployment of military forces would upset the strategic stability in the Asia-Pacific region and, first of all, adversely affect the peace process on the Korean Peninsula, said the article. The article noted that while pretending to recognize the positive change in the situation of the Peninsula and hope for its improvement, the United States is, in fact, aggravating the regional situation. This fully betrays the criminal attempts of the United States to perpetuate its military presence in South Korea at any cost and, with it as a foothold, to realize its strategy for world domination. The Korean Peninsula has become the primary target of the U.S. forces present in Asia including South Korea and Japan and most of the afore-said military hardware would be transferred to the U.S. military bases in Asia including South Korea. This is an outright challenge to the whole Korean Nation, who wants the independent and peaceful reunification of the country, and to the peace-loving people in Asia and the rest of the world, the article said. The United States will surely have to pay dearly for such military challenge as seriously straining the overall situation in the Asia-Pacific region, to say nothing of the Korean Peninsula, and harassing peace and stability, the article added. |
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