Referring to the fact that the U.S. and the south Korean puppet authorities launched the joint military exercises against the DPRK in the East Sea of Korea and have planned to stage the Ulji Freedom Guardian joint exercises and joint anti-sub exercises from August 16 to 26 and various forms of joint naval maneuvers in succession from late August to early September, the statement charged that they are evidently an undisguised provocation aimed to stifle the DPRK by force of arms.

It vehemently slashed at such military exercises for aggression on the DPRK and strongly demanded halt to them.

The Switzerland-Korea Committee and the Group for the Study of the Juche Idea of Switzerland issued a joint statement on July 23 branding the U.S-south Korean combined naval exercises for aggression as an attack against peace in Asia and the rest of the world.

Such provocative war exercises go to prove that the U.S. has no willingness to improve the relations with the DPRK, the statement said, adding that the U.S. criminal scheme to stifle the DPRK can never be realized.