An official newspaper said that the country would consider any new sanctions imposed as a "declaration of war".[13] In response, a statement from the Foreign Ministry, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), said that the country would "weaponize all plutonium" and had reprocessed more than "one-third of our spent nuclear fuel rods".[14][15] It also announced it would start uranium enrichment.[14] The statement considered any attempt at a blockade as an "act of war that will be met with a decisive military response", and would "counter 'sanctions' with retaliation and 'confrontation' with all-out confrontation", accusing the resolution of being a product of a U.S.-led offensive against the country.[16][17] The North Korean Foreign Ministry statement on KCNA continues: