North Korea denies selling weapons to Russia for use in Ukraine

Nov. 8 (EUROPA PRESS) –

North Korea has denied on Tuesday having sold weapons to Russia and has assured that it has no plans to do so in the future days after the US government accused the country of clandestinely supplying weapons to Russian troops so that it can be used in the war in Ukraine.

This was stated by the deputy director of Military Foreign Affairs of the North Korean Defense Ministry, describing the US version as a “rumor” and a “plot”, according to the KCNA agency.

“We clarify once again that we have never had “arms deals” with Russia and that we have no plans to do so in the future,” the senior North Korean official said, denying sending artillery shells in “significant” quantities to Russia, according to US intelligence information.

“Lately, the United States is persistently spreading an unfounded ‘rumor of arms deals’ between North Korea and Russia in an attempt to make it a fait accompli at any cost,” he said.

In this sense, he has considered the US “maneuvers” as “part of its hostile attempt to tarnish North Korea’s image in the international arena”, invoking the “illegal sanctions resolution” of the UN Security Council against the country. Asian.

If the US accusation is true, the North Korean involvement would be added to that of Iran, which would have supplied Russia mainly with kamikaze drones, used by Russian forces during the wave of attacks launched in recent weeks on urban centers and strategic infrastructure, mainly from Energy.