Russian President Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that accusations against the Russian Federation and China that they helped North Korea evade arms control sanctions are absolutely unfounded.
So, during a briefing with journalists, the Kremlin representative commented on the statements of the head of the US Department of Defense Lloyd Austin that Moscow and Beijing allegedly provide such assistance to Pyongyang.
Peskov emphasized that such statements are not confirmed by anything, and each new such statement further devalues others in this regard.
Austin too statedHe expressed deep concern that the United States is helping China and Russia improve North Korea’s military capabilities and the increasing level of military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang.
According to him, North Korea allegedly supplied weapons to the Russian side for use in a special military operation in Ukraine, and the Russian Federation, in turn, provided increasing support to the North Koreans in “large-scale illegal activities.”
Previously in North Korea in the name The entry of a US submarine into South Korea “was a condition for the use of nuclear weapons.”