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Ri Yong Ho, Pyongyang's foreign minister, hit out at the US President and said the tensions will not be settled with words. He said: "With his bellicose and insane statement at the United Nations, Trump, you can say, has lit the wick of a war against us. "We need to settle the final score, only with a hail of fire, not words." President Trump has repeatedly hinted at conflict and recent tweets suggest military action is still considered an option. REVEALED: US military options ready to WIPE OUT North Korean threat

GETTY World War 3? North Korea's foreign minister has said the tensions won't be reduced with words

On Saturday he tweeted: "Presidents and their administrations have been talking to North Korea for 25 years, agreements made and massive amounts of money paid hasn't worked, agreements violated before the ink was dry, makings fools of U.S. negotiators. Sorry, but only one thing will work!" This was followed on Monday by the following tweet: "Our country has been unsuccessfully dealing with North Korea for 25 years, giving billions of dollars & getting nothing. Policy didn't work!" Yesterday, US bombers flew over the Korean peninsula in a show of force aimed at North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The B-1B bombers from Guam staged a simulated air-to-ground missile-firing drill with two South Korean F-15K fighters over the East Sea. Japan also sent two military aircraft as tensions mount in the region.

Shocking North Korean cartoon shows children shooting missiles at America Wed, September 27, 2017 The cartoon is thought to have been produced in the 1960s under Kim Il-Sung, current leader Kim Jong-Un’s grandfather, though relations have been getting steadily worse since Kim Jong-Un became leader of North Korea and Donald Trump became President of America Play slideshow mediadrumworld.com 1 of 8 A still from a North Korean cartoon

Earlier this week, Russia’s foreign secretary Sergey Lavrov waded into the crisis and told his US counterpart, Rex Tillerson, the escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula is “unacceptable”. During a phone call with Secretary of State Mr Tillerson, Vladimir Putin's right hand man discussed Syria, Korea and Ukraine, the Russian foreign ministry revealed. Mr Lavrov also told Mr Tillerson Moscow is demanding the US returns Russian diplomatic property seized in 2016 over suspected Russian interference in the general election. The pair's phone call came just hours after Donald Trump's most senior general told the US Army to "stand ready" for war with North Korea.

GETTY Ri Yong Ho, pictured at the UN Assembly last month, said Trump has 'lit the wick of war'