The phrase "belligerent statement" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a statement or remark that is hostile, aggressive, or showing a willingness to fight or argue. Example: During the heated debate, the politician made a series of belligerent statements, attacking his opponent and refusing to listen to any counterarguments.
Then, a few days before the midterm elections in the United States, North Korea released a belligerent statement that said the country would return to a policy of strengthening its nuclear force if the United States did not lift sanctions.
But it's also a day on which the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has made some very startling statements about the ring of fire, and so forth, that he will bring down to bear on North Korea should they make another belligerent statement.
North Korean state media spent the days before the manoeuvres issuing belligerent statements in condemnation.
State news organizations in North Korea kept up a drumbeat of belligerent statements, accusing the United States of trickery.
Even as it sends out feelers like these, however, North Korea's official media continue to issue belligerent statements.
This year the North took action in addition to its belligerent statements, firing 110 artillery shells on a disputed western sea border with the South last Monday.
Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, made belligerent statements and state television showed lengthy footage of Russian missiles, radars and other threatening stuff, accompanied by a tense soundtrack.
Shiite leaders had brokered a settlement and fighting had stopped pretty much everywhere except Najaf, where Sadr was still sequestered, issuing belligerent statements.
"Have the makers of 'Quantico' outsourced scriptwriting to Digvijaya Singh?" quipped Anuj Dhar, an Indian author, referring to an Indian politician known for discouraging belligerent statements against Pakistan.
Deliberately belligerent statements like "I don't give a fuck about 'fuck off we're full'" are rarely seen on the Australian musical landscape.
Over the last few days, Mr. Mugabe mixed tentative steps toward a resolution with belligerent statements that appeared likely to encourage more confrontation.
