Kim Jong Un praises nuclear programme amid Trump tweet

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday praised his nuclear program saying that the weapons are a "powerful deterrent" which guarantee North Korea's sovereignty.

Kim's comments came just hours after US President Donald Trump said "only one thing will work" in dealing with the isolated country, though Trump did not make clear to what he was referring.

...hasn't worked, agreements violated before the ink was dry, makings fools of U.S. negotiators. Sorry, but only one thing will work!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2017

Kim made the comments in a speech to a meeting of the powerful Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party,  with state media claiming that Kim had addressed the "complicated international situation".

North Korea's nuclear weapons are a "powerful deterrent firmly safeguarding the peace and security in the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia," Kim said, referring to the "protracted nuclear threats of the US imperialists."

North Korea in recent weeks has launched two missiles over Japan and conducted its sixth nuclear test, and may be fast advancing toward its goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the US mainland.

The country is also preparing to test-launch such a missile, claimed a Russian MP who had just returned from a visit to Pyongyang.