He strongly protested against the dangerous military rehearsals kicked off by them this year despite the strong opposition from many countries and demanded an immediate halt to them.

He went on:

The U.S. and south Korea claim that these military exercises are "defensive ones" but they are absolutely intolerable as they are aimed at a preemptive attack on the DPRK.

The Korean war ended in a ceasefire.

The U.S. and south Korea are staging ceaseless large-scale joint military drills.

Those military drills being staged for aggression in a state of ceasefire are a very grave provocation that may spark off a war and they are a breach of the UN Charter.

This will not escape world denunciation.

We demand a halt to the dangerous military drills and will continue a dynamic struggle for peace on the Korean peninsula and in Northeast Asia.