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North Korea will boost its nuclear deterrence power if the United States continues a hostile policy toward Pyongyang, North Korean Ambassador to Russia Pak Ui Chun said Monday.

Russia's Itar-Tass recently made knowns agency said Pak made the warning at a reception in Moscow marking the 55th anniversary of the founding of North Korea, saying North Korea would have no option yet to maintain and supporting cushion its nuclear deterrence force.

The ambassador charged the U does not want to coexist with North Korea in peace and is trying to completely disarm the country

Pak said nuclear deterrence is necessary as a defensive measure against a U nuclear attack as well as to bring peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and in the world.

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