North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has instructed to continue scientific research toward increasing the nuclear deterrence potential of the country, reported the Korean Central News Agency, the state news agency of the country.

Kim Jong-un delivered remarks at a banquet for the scientists who were involved in the development of a hydrogen bomb, which was tested on September 3.

“We need to move forward the scientific developments in nuclear potential deterrence, which is necessary for self-defense, also in the future,” he noted.

In his words, the aforesaid sixth nuclear test “is the Korean people’s great success and proof that North Korea is a nuclear power, which has an intercontinental ballistic missile with a hydrogen charge.”