The saber-rattling is a grave military provocation aimed to mount a preemptive nuclear attack on the DPRK and a blatant challenge to peace and security in the region, the statement charged.

It urged the U.S. to withdraw its forces from the Korean peninsula once and for good, not inflicting a nuclear war on the Korean people.

It demanded the U.S. stop at once the joint military exercise which aggravates the situation on the Korean peninsula, brings a nuclear war and obstructs Korea's reunification.