The country also accused the US of “tarnishing” its image.
North Korea stated that it has never supplied arms or ammunition to Russia and has no plans to do so, while calling on the United States to stop spreading rumors aimed at “tarnishing” the country's image. This is reported by Reuters.
“Recently, the US and other hostile powers spoke of “violating the resolution” of the UNSC by spreading “rumors of arms trade” between the DPRK and Russia… We have never exported weapons or ammunition before to Russia, and we do not plan to export them,” local publication KCNA quotes a statement from a representative of the country's Ministry of National Defense.
US State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel said earlier this month that Russia “is engaged in the procurement of missiles and artillery shells from North Korea for use in Ukraine.”
Calling it a “potential purchase,” the White House spokesman for national affairs security chief John Kirby later clarified that “there is no indication that the purchase has been completed, and certainly no indication that these weapons are being used against Ukraine.”
The United States also accuses Iran of supplying drones to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine, which Tehran denies. Russia has also denied the allegations and demanded evidence from the US.
Russia and North Korea have recently discussed their relationship. Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that the two countries would “jointly expand comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations.”
Kim Jong-un also sent a letter to Putin, in which he noted that “strategic and tactical cooperation, support and solidarity” between the two countries reached a new level amid their joint efforts to thwart threats and provocations from “enemy military forces”.< /p>
Ukraine, which opposes the Russian invasion, severed diplomatic relations with Pyongyang after North Korea in July recognized as independent states the territories temporarily occupied by the militants of the illegal armed group “L/DNR”.
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