On the 29th, North Korea released a statement in the name of Kwon Jeong-geun, director of the U.S. affairs department, and strongly denied the allegations of arms trade with Russia that the U.S. disclosed.
In a statement announced by the Korean Central News Agency on the same day, Director Kwon said, “I give a clear warning once again on this occasion.” will have to do,” he said.
Earlier, on the 21st, the White House of the United States released satellite images showing North Korea’s supply of weapons to the Wagner Group, a private Russian mercenary company, and submitted them to the UN Security Council. In a statement on the 27th, Kim Yeo-jeong, Vice Minister of the North Korean Workers’ Party, strongly condemned the US’ recent plan to provide tank support to Ukraine, but did not mention whether or not it provided weapons to the Wagner Group. also became Then, 33 hours after Vice President Kim’s statement came out, North Korea issued another statement by Director Kwon and strongly denied it.
In a statement, Director Kwon said, “The United States again brought up the groundless ‘Zorro (North Korea-Russia) arms trade rumor’ this time and foolishly tried to justify its provision of arms to Ukraine.” It is an illegal and outrageous act to do it, but trying to disparage our video (image) by making up something that does not exist is even more unacceptable and is a serious provocation that must be responded to.”
Director Kwon also strongly condemned the US decision to provide tanks to Ukraine once again. In a statement, he condemned, “The US action to push offensive armed equipment such as main battle tanks into Ukraine, ignoring the legitimate concerns and criticisms of the international community, is a crime against humanity to continue the unstable international situation.” He went on to claim that “the Ukraine crisis like today would not have happened if the United States had not pushed NATO eastwards in a cascading manner, infringing on Russia’s legitimate security interests.”