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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un showed off a new long-range intercontinental ballistic missile at a military parade in Pyongyang that included foreign leaders on Friday.
The state-owned Korean Central News Agency described the yet-to-be-tested Hwasong-20 as having the “most powerful strategic nuclear weapons system.”
The government also displayed short-range ballistic, cruise and supersonic missiles at the military parade, which marked 80 years since the founding of the Workers’ Party.
PUTIN AND KIM JONG UN BEGIN BILATERAL TALKS IN BEIJING AFTER ATTENDING MASSIVE CHINESE MILITARY PARADE
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam (left), North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Vice Chairman of the Russian Security Council and leader of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev attend a reception to mark the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Friday. (Ekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, pool photo via AP)
Kim said at the parade that the military “must continue to evolve into an invincible force that eliminates all threats.”
Foreign dignitaries at the parade included Chinese Premier Li Qiang, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Vietnam Communist Party chief To Lam.
Kim also met Friday with Medvedev, who praised the sacrifice of North Korean soldiers fighting with Russia in Ukraine.
NORTH KOREA’S NUCLEAR THREATS ACCELERATE SILENTLY BEHIND WARS IN GAZA AND UKRAINE AT UNGA
A North Korean government photograph shows what it says is a new intercontinental ballistic missile called the Hwasong-20, during a military parade Friday in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
Kim said he looked forward to strengthening ties with Russia and working together toward common goals.
Last summer, Kim’s sister Kim Yo Jong warned the United States against trying to restart talks focused on denuclearization, adding that Pyongyang would view any attempt to pressure North Korea to denuclearize as “nothing more than a mockery.”
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, fourth from right, and General Secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party To Lam, fourth from left, hold a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
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“If the United States does not accept the change of reality and persists in the failed past, the meeting between the DPRK and the United States will remain a ‘hope’ for the American side,” Kim Yo Jong said, referring to the nation by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.