The presence of North Korean troops in Russia represents “a dangerous expansion of the conflict, with serious consequences for European and Indo-Pacific peace and security,” say the foreign ministers of the G7in a joint statement released this Tuesday by Italy, the group’s current president.
“We express our serious concern about the deployment of troops of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to Russia for possible use on the battlefield against Ukraine“point out the heads of diplomacy of the Group of the seven most industrialized democracies on the planet, to which is added the European Union.
Some 11,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to join the Russian Army fighting against kyiv’s troops and are already in the Kursk region, bordering Ukraine and partially occupied by Ukrainian forces, as revealed by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, in his speech last night to the nation.
“The DPRK’s direct support for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, in addition to demonstrating Russia’s desperate efforts to compensate for its losses, would mean a dangerous expansion of the conflict, with serious consequences for European and Indo-Pacific peace and security.” and “a new violation of international law,” is indicated in the note published on the Italian Foreign Ministry website.
The foreign ministers of the G7 (Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom) and the European Union condemn “in the strongest possible terms the growing military cooperation between the DPRK and Russia.”
That includes “the DPRK’s exports and Russia’s illicit acquisition of DPRK ballistic missiles in violation of multiple UN Security Council Resolutions, as well as Russia’s use of these missiles and munitions against Ukraine.” ».
“The fact that DPRK soldiers receive or provide training or other assistance related to the use of ballistic missiles or weapons constitutes a direct violation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718, 1874 and 2270,” they point out. .
“We are seriously concerned about the possible consequences of any transfer of nuclear or ballistic missile-related technology from Russia to the DPRK in violation of the relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR)”they add
In their statement, the heads of diplomacy of the G7 and the European Union “call on the DPRK to stop providing assistance to Russia’s war of aggression” and reaffirm their “unwavering commitment to supporting Ukraine in the defense of their freedom, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
“We are working with our international partners on a coordinated response to this new development”they conclude, after Zelensky has raised the tone in recent days against the West’s inaction in the face of the Russian side’s entry of North Korean troops into the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
According to previous statements from Seoul and kyiv, the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has decided to send a first contingent of up to 12,000 soldiers to Russia. Kim had already supplied missiles and ammunition to the Russian Army. EFE (I)
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