North Korea has shut down the possibility of future diplomatic talks concerning its weapons programs, declaring its standing as a nuclear-armed power to be non-negotiable and entirely independent of foreign recognition, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. Dismissing the US-China summit agenda Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a department director within the Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party, issued the state’s hardline position.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Her remarks were a direct response to a US State Department spokesperson, who recently indicated that US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping had reaffirmed their mutual commitment to the comprehensive denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula during their summit in Beijing last month. Kim sharply rebuked the American disclosure, characterizing it as “false information” and an “absurd fake”. While she claimed to possess the most precise intelligence regarding the true nature of the conversations between Trump and Xi, she declined to reveal additional details. “We make it clear that we will not discuss the issue of our sovereignty and security with anyone,” Kim asserted. “Our country’s status as a nuclear state is an absolutely irrefutable, undeniable reality, independent of anyone’s recognition, and no rhetoric from external forces will change this in any way.” A constitutional mandate ahead of Xi’s visit The high-ranking party official stressed that Pyongyang’s expansion of its strategic arsenal has transitioned into a permanent legal reality.