Foreign Minister of North Korea: Kim Jong-un ordered help to Russia since the beginning of the Ukraine war

According to Isna, North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said today (Friday) during his trip to Russia and meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un The beginning of the special military operation of the Russian army in Ukraine, which began in February 2022, ordered the support of the Russian armed forces and assistance to these forces.

During his talks with Lavrov, Choe Sun Hui stated: “From the very beginning of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, Kim Jong-un ordered us to provide strong and continuous support to the Russian armed forces and to support these forces and the Russian people in their holy war. Let’s help.”

This high-ranking North Korean government minister also noted that Pyongyang is confident of Russia’s victory in the Ukraine war.

Russia and North Korea signed the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty last June.

According to the fourth paragraph of this treaty, if one of the parties is the target of military aggression by a country or a group of countries and is in a state of war, the other party shall immediately provide military assistance and other forms of assistance with all available measures according to Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. And the laws of Russia and North Korea will pay.

It was last Tuesday that North Korea’s state media and Russian officials reported that North Korea’s foreign minister went to Russia on his second trip in the last 6 weeks; The trip comes amid growing concerns among Western officials about Pyongyang’s alleged involvement in supporting Moscow in the Ukraine war.

NATO, along with Seoul, Washington and Kiev, have claimed in recent weeks that North Korean military units have been stationed in the Kursk region of Russia on the border with Ukraine.

The Pentagon threatened last Monday that if North Korea joins Moscow’s war against Kiev, Washington will not impose restrictions on Ukraine’s use of American weapons.

The US Department of Defense also announced that North Korea had sent 10,000 troops to eastern Russia for training, up from 3,000 earlier on Wednesday. US President Joe Biden also called this situation “very dangerous”. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte also claimed that the deepening of military relations between Moscow and Pyongyang poses a serious threat to Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic security after a meeting with a delegation from South Korea on Monday.

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