Blinken’s warning to North Korea about Pyongyang’s participation in the Ukraine war – Mehr News Agency | RCO News Agency

According to RCO News Agency, quoted by KBS, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warned North Korea about any participation of the country’s forces in the war in Ukraine.

In a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Brussels, Blinken said that global security is increasingly interconnected in many regions, including the Euro-Atlantic, Indo-Pacific and the Middle East, and as a result countries and military alliances to effectively counter these threats. , should strengthen cooperation with each other.

He, who traveled to Brussels to attend the meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NATO’s main policy-making body), claimed that North Korean forces have been sent to the battle fronts in Ukraine and are “practically” engaged in war. According to him, such an action will be met with a serious response.

Blinken’s statement comes while Vedant Patel, the spokesperson of the US State Department, claimed yesterday that more than 10,000 North Korean soldiers “have been sent to the east of Russia, and most of them have been transferred to the western end of the Kursk region and are participating in combat operations with Russian forces.” !

Moscow and Pyongyang signed a bilateral strategic partnership agreement in June. This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin officially signed the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between Moscow and Pyongyang, and two days later, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed it. According to this treaty, in case of attack by a third country, the parties are obliged to provide military assistance to each other.

Without confirming or denying reports about the presence of North Korean forces in Russia, Putin emphasized that “what the two countries do to fulfill their requirements and obligations under the new agreement is only between North Korea and Russia.”