The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) called for stop “immediately” the deployment of North Korean soldiers in Russia, where they support Moscow in the conflict against Ukraine.
After a meeting with a high-level delegation from South Korea, which informed the agency about Pyongyang’s growing involvement in the combat, Mark Rutte, secretary general of the bloc, confirmed that “troops North Korean “They have been sent to Russia and have been deployed in the Kursk region.”
Rutte stressed that North Korean participation represents “a significant climb in North Korea’s current involvement in Russia’s illegal war (…) another violation of UN Security Council resolutions.”
The secretary general also warned that military cooperation between both nations is “a threat for Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific security.” “It undermines peace on the Korean Peninsula and fuels the Russian war against Ukraine,” he added.
Finally, Rutte also indicated that North Korea provided “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.”
While Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, described these statements as “tramposas”and argued that “they are probably an attempt to retroactively justify what has been happening for a long time.”