North Korea slams US decision to ease weapons exports

Trump is pushing for peace negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow, and signed executive order to ease exports of US weapons

By Reuters
April 21, 2025
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during a meeting at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019. — Reuters
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during a meeting at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019. — Reuters

SEOUL: North Korea denounced on Sunday US President Donald Trump’s recent order to ease weapons exports and called the decision “war escalation measures”.

“On one hand, the US is pretending to be a ‘mediator’ by recommending dialogue and negotiation, while on the other hand, it is continuously handing over all kinds of weapons of mass destruction to encourage warmongers to further expand and prolong the war,” the Korean Central News Agency said in an unnamed commentary.

Trump has been pushing for the peace negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow, and signed an executive order to ease exports of US weapons on April 9.