North Korea denies media report it provided munitions to Russia

North Korea’s international ministry denied studies that the nation provided munitions to Russia and known as the studies “groundless.”

Seoul,UPDATED: Dec 23, 2022 07:19 IST

A North Korean flag flutters on the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea. (Photo: Reuters)

By Reuters: North Korea’s international ministry denied a media report it provided munitions to Russia, calling it “groundless,” and denounced the United States for offering deadly weapons to Ukraine, the North’s official KCNA information company reported on Friday.

Japan’s Tokyo Shimbun reported earlier that North Korea had shipped munitions, together with artillery shells, to Russia by way of prepare alongside their border final month and that extra shipments have been anticipated within the coming weeks.

“The Japanese media’s false report that the DPRK offered munitions to Russia is the most absurd red herring, which is not worth any comment or interpretation,” a ministry spokesperson mentioned in an announcement carried by the KCNA.

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The White House mentioned on Thursday the North has accomplished an preliminary arms supply to a non-public Russian army firm, the Wagner Group, to assist bolster Russian forces in Ukraine.

The North Korean international ministry assertion didn’t make any point out of Wagner.

According to the White House, Wagner took supply of infantry rockets and missiles from North Korea, although Wagner proprietor Yevgeny Prigozhin denied the assertion as “gossip and speculation”.

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“The DPRK remains unchanged in its principled stand on the issue of ‘arms transaction’ between the DPRK and Russia which has never happened,” the North Korean spokesperson mentioned, including it’s the United States that is “bringing bloodshed and destruction to Ukraine by providing it with various kinds of lethal weapons.”

DPRK is the initials of the North’s official title, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

South Korea’s international ministry mentioned on Thursday they’ve been monitoring North Korea’s actions amid issues over doable arms transactions with Russia.

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In a separate assertion, the North Korean international ministry additionally slammed the United States’ try to concern a U.N. Security Council presidential assertion on its newest intercontinental ballistic missile launch.

“The DPRK has already and clearly warned that such foolish attempt of the U.S. may entail a very undesirable consequence,” the spokesperson mentioned within the assertion, calling the U.S. transfer a “very dangerous act” that the North “has to counter with action.”

North Korea has examined an unprecedented variety of missiles this 12 months, together with an intercontinental ballistic missile designed to succeed in the U.S. mainland, in defiance of worldwide sanctions.

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Manisha Pandey

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Dec 23, 2022