MADRID 30 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, has described US military aid to Ukraine in the context of the war with Russia as “irresponsible acts that prolong the conflict and threaten all humanity”, and has defended his support for the president. Russian, Vladimir Putin, to “protect its territorial integrity.”
“The recent anti-Russian measures adopted by the United States are irresponsible acts that prolong the conflict and threaten all of humanity, and should be condemned by the international community,” the president declared, in statements reported by the Yonhap news agency.
Kim Jong Un made these statements within the framework of a visit by Russia’s Prime Minister of Defense, Andrei Belousov, to Pyongyang, amid the strengthening of ties between Moscow and North Korea.
The leader has reaffirmed to Belousov his “unwavering” support for Russia: “We will unwaveringly support the policy of the Russian Federation to protect its territorial integrity,” he said, adding that he had a “friendly and trustworthy” conversation with the Russian envoy.
“The fact that the United States and the West used the kyiv authorities to attack Russian territory with domestically produced long-range attack weapons was a direct military intervention in the Russian territorial dispute,” he insisted.
Belousov’s trip comes just three days after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met in Seoul with an official Ukrainian delegation led by Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to discuss sending troops. North Koreans to Russia in view of their possible deployment in Ukrainian territory, within the framework of the invasion unleashed in February 2022.
Russia already denounced last week that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had carried out attacks against its territory with long-range Western-made missiles. According to Moscow, not only American ATACMS were used, but also British Storm Shadows. Russian President Vladimir Putin used the occasion to ratify the country’s new nuclear doctrine and to warn that the war in Ukraine now amounts to a “global conflict.”
RUSSIA IS GRATEFUL TO KIM JONG UN
For his part, Belousov expressed “gratitude” to Kim Jong Un for his “commitment to deepening ties with Russia.” “Today Korea is one of the few countries that applies an absolutely independent foreign policy,” he said in a statement.
Belousov stressed that the relationship between the two countries “was strengthened during the liberation of Korea in 1945.” “The ratification of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty of our countries confirms the bilateral interest in the comprehensive development of allied relations,” he added.
“Next year, Russia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War and the liberation of Korea from Japanese occupation,” he explained.
The head of the Russian Defense Ministry has indicated that it was a great honor for him to meet personally with the North Korean leader. “Thank you for the traditional and warm welcome extended to the Russian delegation,” he concluded.