Washington, Mar. 7 (ANI): North Korea has vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States.
North Korea has amplified its threatening expression ahead of a vote by U.N. diplomats on whether to level new sanctions against Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test.
According to Fox News, an unidentified spokesman for Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry said the North will exercise its right for 'pre-emptive nuclear strikes on the headquarters of the aggressors' because Washington is pushing to start a nuclear war against the North.
North Korea is angry over the possible sanctions and over upcoming U.S.-South Korean military drills.
The U.N. Security Council is set to impose a fourth round of sanctions against Pyongyang in a fresh attempt to rein in its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, the report said.
According to the report, Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, the current council president, said the council will vote on the draft sanctions resolution Thursday morning.
The resolution was drafted by the United States and China, who is North Korea's closest ally.
The statement by the North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman was carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency.
It also accused the U.S. of leading efforts to slap sanctions on North Korea, the report added. (ANI)
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