North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Jonathan Ernst/REUTERS
Pyongyang has condemned the US’s “proxy war” which aims to destroy Russia.
brought by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.Full supportRussian President Vladimir Putin sent a message from Pyongyang to Moscow on Monday (June 12), state media reported. Kim Jong Un sent a congratulatory message to his detractors on a national holiday in Russia, one of Pyongyang’s few allies.
The statement released by North Korean news agency KCNA did not explicitly mention the invasion of Ukraine or Moscow’s involvement in the armed conflict, but “Kim Jong Un Putin’s (…) good decision and leadership to counter growing threats from hostile forces“.
“Full support” for the “Russian people”.
The North Korean people bringIts full support and solidarity to the Russian people in their ceaseless struggle to defend the sacred cause of their country’s sovereign rights, development and interests against the arbitrary and authoritarian practices of the imperialists.“. North Korea has called for this conflict.Proxy WarThe US aims to destroy Russia, and condemns Western military aid to Kiev.
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In January, Washington accused North Korea of supplying rockets and missiles to the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, which Pyongyang denied. Then in March Washington said there was evidence that Moscow was seeking weapons from Pyongyang for its offensive in Ukraine, in exchange for food aid to North Korea, whose economy and agriculture have been devastated.
As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Russia has long vetoed new sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program and repeated missile strikes.
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