NATO There is no doubt that North Korea continues to provide military support to Russia. Ukraine war of aggressionas Ukrinform reported.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this in an interview with Kyodo News, Ukrinform reported.
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Asked about Pyongyang’s role in the Ukraine war, Stoltenberg said there was “no doubt about it.” north korea It provides “significant military assistance” to Russia.
According to the report, Stoltenberg said the alliance could not rule out the possibility that Moscow might in response provide Pyongyang with technical assistance for its weapons development programs or supply it with certain types of weaponry.
He declined to disclose classified information but said it was “absolutely clear” that NATO was “deeply concerned” about the possibility of Russia supporting North Korea’s missile and nuclear programmes in return for receiving ammunition and other weapons from North Korea.
NATO leaders also expressed “deep concern” about Chinese industrial aid to Russia to compensate Moscow for the impact of Western sanctions.
Meanwhile, Pyongyang on Saturday denounced as “illegal” a NATO summit declaration condemning North Korea’s arms exports to Russia, Ukrainianska Pravda reported.
At a summit marking the 75th anniversary this week, NATO leaders accused North Korea of fuelling Russia’s “war of aggression against Ukraine” by “providing direct military support” to Moscow.
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“Pyongyang has repeatedly denied allegations that it is shipping weapons to Moscow, but in June Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an agreement that included a pledge to provide each other military assistance if attacked,” the report said.
On Saturday, North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency reported that the Foreign Ministry “strongly condemns and rejects” NATO’s declaration. The ministry also said the alliance’s statement would “provoke a new cold war and military confrontation on a global scale” and that “new forces and countermeasures” were needed.
According to the report, Seoul and Washington, during talks at the NATO summit, signed an agreement on guidelines for an integrated deterrence system on the Korean peninsula to counter North Korea’s nuclear and conventional threats.
South Korea’s presidential office announced that Seoul and Washington will conduct joint military drills to help implement newly released guidelines that formalize the deployment of U.S. nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula and surrounding areas to deter and respond to a potential nuclear attack by North Korea.
North Korea has stepped up weapons testing as it grows closer to Russia, and relations between the two Koreas are at their lowest in years, according to the Ukrainian newspaper Ukrainianska Pravda.
“After North Korea repeatedly launched garbage-laden balloons across the border, Seoul last month fully suspended military pacts aimed at easing tensions and re-established ties with border islands and [near] “The demilitarized zone that divides the Korean Peninsula”
