Enough to reinforce kyiv's concerns. “We reaffirm that we will always stand firmly alongside our Russian comrades until Victory Day”declared North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui during a meeting with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, according to a Russian translation of her remarks, reported by AFP.
The head of North Korean diplomacy then spoke about the war of invasion led by Russia in Ukraine, aimed according to Moscow at countering NATO expansionism and “denazify” l’Ukraine. “There is no doubt that […] the Russian army and people will achieve a great victory »insisted Choe Son Hui. The Russian Foreign Minister, for his part, welcomed the “very close contact […] established between the military and the security services” of Moscow and Pyongyang, and expressed the « gratitude » from Russia “for the principled position” North Korean.
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The rapprochement between the two countries took shape last June with the signing of a strategic partnership agreement. In addition, North Korea has been suspected for several months of supplying large quantities of shells to Russia as well as hundreds of missiles.
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North Korean troops in Russia
Additionally, South Korean intelligence recently claimed that 1,500 new North Korean troops had been sent to eastern Russia, bringing the total number of troops coming from Pyongyang to Russian territory to 3,000. The Americans said they had “concrete evidence” of the presence of these North Korean troops in Russian military bases, with the possibility of future deployment in Ukraine.
Faced with these accusations, North Korea has categorically denied any military involvement in this conflict. In a statement to the United Nations, a representative of Pyongyang described these assertions as “baseless rumors”. Moscow, for its part, also rejected these allegations, while playing on irony. Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, invited the press to “ ask Pyongyang directly » to find out where their troops were.
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Faced with this enemy military cooperation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, for his part, deplored the “zero reaction” of its Western allies.
