NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Wednesday that Russia is providing “support” for North Korea's nuclear and missile program in exchange for weapons and soldiers for its war in Ukraine.
Russia provides its “support” for North Korea's nuclear and missile program, in exchange for weapons and soldiers in its war against Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
“These developments can destabilize the Korean Peninsula and even threaten the United States,” he added at a press conference in Brussels.
The “illegal war in Ukraine therefore threatens us all,” he added, emphasizing the global danger represented, according to him, by “the growing alignment of Russia, China, North Korea and the 'Iran' in this conflict.
Thousands of North Korean troops sent
Mark Rutte and many European NATO countries are seeking to convince Donald Trump, before his return to the White House in January, of the need to continue supporting Ukraine. The American billionaire promised during his election campaign to end the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours”, but without saying how he intended to achieve this objective.
North Korea has sent between 10,000 and 12,000 men to Russia to help Moscow in its war against Ukraine, a “major escalation”, according to the West. China, for its part, is accused of helping Moscow to circumvent Western sanctions and suspected of having sent drones to Russia. Iran is also accused of supplying drones, but also missiles to Russian forces.
