Bitterly denouncing the large-scale military drills now under way, the letter went on:

The joint military drills held by the U.S. and south Korea every year are dangerous ones driving the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of war and a blatant challenge to the world peace and security.

The nuclear war drills against the DPRK must immediately be stopped and the U.S. has to withdraw its troops from south Korea unconditionally.

It is natural for the DPRK, which is firmly defending its sovereignty and dignity, to take stronger military counteraction to the U.S.-south Korea joint military drills.

The U.S. should not push the world to the nuclear disaster but opt for concluding a peace treaty with the DPRK.