The Socialist Party of Romania in an article "Juche Idea" on April 22 said that the U.S. pivot to Asia-Pacific strategy is aimed to keep the political and military edge in Northeast Asia including the Korean peninsula, adding that the U.S. is regarding the "nuclear threats" from the DPRK as the main pretext for realizing the strategy.

The article urged the U.S. to roll back its anachronistic hostile policy toward the DPRK and immediately respond to talks for ensuring a durable peace and stability on the peninsula.

The New Yugoslav Communist Party of Serbia in an article posted on its website on April 24 said that it is none other than the U.S. and the south Korean authorities which are driving the situation on the Korean peninsula to a hair-trigger phase.