Blinken warns North Korea about Pyongyang’s involvement in the Ukraine war
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In a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Brussels, Blinken said that global security is increasingly interconnected in many regions, including the Euro-Atlantic, the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East. As a result, countries and military alliances must strengthen cooperation with each other to deal effectively with these threats.
He, who traveled to Brussels to attend the meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NATO’s main policy-making body), claimed that North Korean troops have been sent to the battle fronts in Ukraine and now ” They are practically at war. According to him, such an action will be met with a serious response.
Blinken’s statements come while the spokesperson of the US State Department, Vedant Patel, claimed yesterday that more than 10,000 North Korean soldiers “have been sent to the east of Russia, and most of them to the western end of the Kursk region.” transferred and participate in war operations with Russian forces”!
Moscow and Pyongyang signed a bilateral strategic partnership agreement in June. This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin officially signed the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between Moscow and Pyongyang, and two days later, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed it. According to this agreement, in case of attack by a third country, the parties are obliged to provide military assistance to each other.
Putin, without confirming or denying the reports about the presence of North Korean troops in Russia, emphasized that “what the two countries do to fulfill their requirements and obligations under the new agreement is only between North Korea and Russia.” is.”
