North Korea has not provided Russia with weapons for its war in Ukraine, despite the U.S. warning that the latter sought to make such acquisitions.
The statement comes roughly two weeks after the Biden administration released declassified intelligence that indicated Russia’s Ministry of Defense “is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea,” a U.S. official told the Washington Examiner on Sept. 6.“Recently, the US and other hostile forces talked about the ‘violation of a resolution’ of the [U.N.
The official also noted that North Korea doesn't recognize the"unlawful" sanctions from the U.N. Security Council, adding,"Not only the development, production, possession of military equipment, but also their export and import are the lawful right peculiar to a sovereign state, and nobody is entitled to criticize it."
The North Korean official called on Washington to stop making “reckless remarks,” to “keep its mouth shut,” and said, “We take this opportunity to make clear one thing. We have never exported weapons or ammunition to Russia before and we will not plan to export them.”North Korea has been one of the few countries not to condemn Russia's war in Ukraine, which is now on the verge of concluding its seventh month with no end in the immediate future, explicitly.
Administration officials have warned that Russia was looking to purchase"hundreds" of drones from Iran.
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