NATO has called for an end to the deployment of North Korean troops in Russia
Brussels (EFE).- NATO this Monday asked Russia and North Korea to “immediately” end the deployment of North Korean troops on Russian territory to support Moscow in the war against Ukraine.
“Today I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia and have been deployed in the (Russian) Kursk region,” NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in a statement after a visit by a high-ranking delegation. South Korea will inform the alliance on that issue.
The transatlantic organization last week confirmed the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia, and today a South Korean delegation addressed the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s highest decision-making body representing member states, calling on Pyongyang in Russia’s war. Informed about the participation of against Ukraine.
North Korea’s support shows Russia’s weakness
According to Rutte, the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia would be “a significant escalation of North Korea’s current involvement in Russia’s illegal war”, “a further violation of UN Security Council resolutions” and “a dangerous expansion of the Russian war”. represents.
Furthermore, the Secretary General of NATO has warned that deepening of military cooperation between Russia and North Korea “threatens Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific security.”
“It undermines peace on the Korean Peninsula and promotes Russia’s war against Ukraine,” he said.
The head of the alliance revealed that Pyongyang has already provided Moscow with “millions of rounds of ammunition and ballistic missiles that are fueling a serious conflict in the heart of Europe and undermining global peace and security.” “
He said that, in return, Russian President Vladimir Putin is providing North Korea with military technology and “other assistance to avoid international sanctions.”
“The deployment of North Korean troops to Kursk is also a sign of Putin’s growing frustration. “More than 600,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in Putin’s war and he is unable to continue his attack on Ukraine without foreign support,” he stressed.
Russia says they are accusing “fraud”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today described as “hoax” Western allegations that Moscow intends to send North Korean troops to Ukraine and described it as the West’s way of justifying that its forces have been operating “for a long time.” Area. Ukrainian.
“The misleading statement that we will send (North Korean) troops to Ukraine is probably an attempt to retroactively justify what has been happening for a long time,” the head of Russian diplomacy said.
Lavrov, who did not mention the reported deployment of North Korean troops to Russian territory, did mention sending Western troops to fight in the ranks of the Ukrainian army, which, he said, Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned on several occasions. .
“There are mercenaries, there are so-called volunteers and there are also instructors, without whom it is impossible to use not only Western long-range weapons, but also Ukrainian long-range weapons,” he said.