North Korea will not use nuclear weapons against other nations unless its sovereignty is threatened, leader Kim Jong-un has said Sunday, according to state media.

He said the government would "improve and normalize the relations with those countries which respect the sovereignty of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK ) and are friendly towards it, though they had been hostile toward it in the past", the state-controlled Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

"It is our party’s goal to build a peaceful world free from war and it is the constant stand of our party to struggle for regional and global peace and security," Kim said.

The comments, reported by KCNA, were made at the 7th Congress of the Workers’ Party, a gathering organized by the country to select new leaders and create an agenda for the country over the coming years.

Source: Petra