NEW YORK – North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong took to the floor of the United Nations General Assembly Saturday to reiterate Pyongyang’s right to nuclear weapons and slam U.S. airstrikes in Syria.

Ri also blasted the UN for not addressing the North’s complaint against joint U.S.-South Korea military drills.

“Those provocative joint military operations against the DPRK were forcibly conducted in March – April and in August as well,” Ri told a mostly empty UN General Assembly. “The government of the DPRK officially referred to the Security Council the issue of suspending such war exercises.

However, Ri