This handout photo taken on August 25, 2019 and provided by South Korean Navy shows South Korean Navy's special forces participating in a military drill re-named "East Sea territory defence training" at the easternmost islets of Dokdo. (PHOTO / AFP)

PYONGYANG - A military spokesperson of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) lashed out at the recent military exercise carried out by Seoul, calling it a "reckless move" and "grave provocation," the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday.

This is a grave provocation which can never be overlooked and this situation demands a necessary reaction from us

KCNA quoted DPRK spokesperson

"This is a grave provocation which can never be overlooked and this situation demands a necessary reaction from us," KCNA quoted the spokesperson as saying.

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According to the report, the South Korean military staged a joint military drill on Wednesday "in the hotspot waters in the West Sea of Korea" with the involvement of more than 20 fighters and storm boats.

Such a reckless move does not help the efforts to defuse tension on the Korean Peninsula, KCNA said, adding that "everything is now going back to the starting point before the north-south summit meeting in 2018."

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The DPRK's leader Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in, the president of the Republic of Korea met in the border village of Panmunjom on April 27, 2018.

The two sides signed the Panmunjom Declaration, agreeing to complete denuclearization and begin a new era of peace. The Kim-Moon meeting was the third inter-Korea summit and the first in 11 years.