INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
North Korea on Sunday rejected providing arms to Moscow after the United States stated the nuclear-armed state provided rockets and rockets
to Russias private military group Wagner.Washington earlier this month designated the Wagner group as a global criminal company,
mentioning its weapons transactions with Pyongyang in violation of UN Security Council resolutions.The White House showed United States
intelligence photos of Russian rail vehicles going into North Korea, getting a load of infantry rockets and rockets, and returning to
Russia, according to nationwide security spokesman John Kirby.In a statement brought by the official Korean Central News Agency, a senior
North Korean official rejected the allegations, warning that the United States will face a actually undesirable outcome if it persists in
spreading the self-made rumor
Trying to stain the image of [North Korea] by producing a non-existent thing is a grave justification that can never be permitted which can
not but trigger its response, stated Kwon Jong Gun, Director General of the Department of United States Affairs.He also called it an
absurd attempt to validate its deal of weapons to Ukraine
Earlier today, United States President Joe Biden promised 31 Abrams tanks, among the most powerful and advanced weapons in the United
States army, to assist Kyiv battle Moscows invasion.The move drew a rebuke Friday from Kim Yo Jong, the effective sibling of North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un, who implicated Washington of additional crossing the red line by sending out the tanks into Ukraine.Along with China,
Russia is one of North Koreas few global pals and has actually previously pertained to the programs aid.Other than Syria and Russia, North
Korea is the only country to identify the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk, 2 Russian-backed separatist areas in eastern Ukraine.Russia,
among the 5 long-term members of the UN Security Council, has actually long held the line versus increasing pressure on nuclear-armed North
Korea, even requesting relief from worldwide sanctions for humanitarian reasons.Kim Jong Un declared North Korea an permanent nuclear
state in September, and the nation performed sanctions-busting weapons tests nearly monthly in 2015-- consisting of shooting its most
sophisticated global ballistic missile
