South Korea is not responding to North Korea’s efforts for peace and is preparing for nuclear war, North Korean ambassador to Russia Kim Yong Jae said on Tuesday.

Speaking to a press conference in Moscow, the ambassador said that despite the DPRK’s efforts to push for peace, South Korea was still going ahead with annual joint Key Resolve and Foal Eagle military exercises which Pyongyang sees as preparations for an invasion of the North.

“Now that important proposals on stopping all slander campaigns have been published, North Korea has unilaterally stopped all campaigns and other actions that could irritate the South