Moscow’s arms imports from DPRK “betrayal” of int’l community – South Korea

The minister made the statement while speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue Asian Security Forum in Singapore, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"Today we are seeing more and more evidence that the weapons Russia is using to attack Ukraine were illegally imported from North Korea," Shin said.

He emphasized that Russia, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, should stand guard over global peace, but instead buys weapons from a regime that viates numerous resutions of the UN Security Council, for which Moscow itself voted.

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"This is an outrageous, glaring contradiction to one's own decisions and a betrayal of the international community," the minister said.

He added that North Korea uses Russia’s money and technogy received in exchange for weapons to build up its military capabilities, therefore not only does the strengthening of military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang escalate the Russo-Ukrainian war, it also threatens a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula and the expansion of hostilities across Eure.

"Arms trade between Russia and North Korea is a flagrant viation of numerous UN Security Council resutions and must be stped immediately for the sake of peace and security of the Korean Peninsula and the international community," Shin said.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, 10 nations and the Eurean Union jointly condemned the illegal military coeration between Russia and the DPRK.