2023-09-05 20:38:42
The State Department of USA has made an appeal on Tuesday to the authorities of North Korea to end negotiations with Russia for the supply of war materiel. “We urge North Korea to cease its arms negotiations with Russia and honor the public commitment that Pyongyang has assumed not to provide or sell weapons to Russia,” said the deputy spokesman for US diplomacy, Vedant Patel.
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From Washington They have recognized that these talks “are actively advancing”, even more so after the latest reports that point to a possible meeting between the Russian president, Vladimir Putinand the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un. “Last month Sergei Shoigu, the Russian Defense Minister, traveled to North Korea to try to convince Pyongyang to sell artillery munitions to Russia,” the State Department deputy spokesman said. In fact, Patel has pointed out that the United States has information that the North Korean leader “expects these discussions to continue” and thus be able to include “diplomatic commitments” of the highest level with Russia.
On the other hand, he stressed that these latest events show the success of the international sanctions applied against Russia, since Putin “has been forced” to “desperately” search for weapons “all over the world.” This statement by the US authorities comes just a few hours after South Korea has also urged its northern neighbor to adhere to international norms in the face of the possibility of Kim meeting with President Putin. Kim y Putin They already met in April 2019, months after his talks with then-US President Donald Trump failed in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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