(Washington Composite Electric) The United States pointed out that Russia is actively negotiating with North Korea to obtain a large number of weapons and ammunition and other supplies required by the Russian and Ukraine War.
The White House National Security Council spokesman Kobe said on Wednesday (August 30) that Russian Defense Director Sho Gulu recently visited the DPRK and tried to persuade Pyongyang to sell artillery and ammark to Moscow. Russian President Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong -un have also interoperability to strengthen cooperation .
The United States has intelligence that after the visit of the North Korea, another group of Russian officials also went to Pyongyang to conduct follow -up discussions on potential weapons transactions between the two countries.
Kobe pointed out that according to possible agreements, North Korea will transport "a large, many types of weapons" to Russia for it in Ukraine.He said: "These potential transactions may also include raw materials that help the development of Russian defense industrial bases."
According to Kobe, North Korea provided rockets and missiles to Russia last year for Russia's mercenary organization Wagner Group, and then Moscow has always sought more ammunition.
The White House spokesman urged North Korea to stop negotiating with Russian weapons
He pays attention to North Korea's continuous consideration of providing military aid for Russia, saying that high -level high -level two countries may have further discussions in the next few months.He said: "We urge North Korea to stop negotiating with Russia's weapons and abide by Pyongyang's open commitments that do not provide or sell weapons to Russia."
The United States, Britain, South Korea and Japan issued a joint statement in the United Nations on the same day, urging North Korea to stop negotiating with Russia's weapons, and that any weapon transaction in Russia and North Korea will violate the UN Security Council resolution. The resolution prohibits all countries from buying or obtaining any weapons from North Korea.Moscow also signed the resolution.
North Korea and Russia have previously denied the charges of US weapons.However, North Korea stood on Russia on the issue of the Ukrainian war and insisted that the Western "hegemony policy" led by the United States forced Russia to adopt military operations to protect its security benefits.