
Russian President Vlladimir Putin along with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
TIMES NOW WORLD |
Published October 31, 2024
During a U.N. Security Council meeting, Russia’s envoy questioned why North Korean support for Moscow is criticised while Western nations aid Ukraine. The U.S. warned North Korea against troop involvement, calling it a breach of U.N. resolutions.
Russia’s envoy to the United Nations, during the Security Council meeting on Wednesday, questioned why Western countries can aid Ukraine while Russia’s allies, like North Korea, cannot support Moscow in its ongoing conflict with Ukraine.
Vassily Nebenzia faced strong opposition from the United States, Britain, South Korea, Ukraine, and others, who accused Russia of violating U.N. resolutions and the U.N. Charter by allegedly deploying North Korean (DPRK) troops to aid Moscow, reported Reuters. South Korea’s UN Ambassador Joonkook Hwang said, “Supporting an act of aggression, which completely violates the principles of the U.N. Charter, is illegal.”
“Any activities involving the DPRK’s dispatch of troops to Russia are clear violations of multiple U.N. Security Council Resolutions.”
According to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, approximately 10,000 North Korean troops are already present in eastern Russia and are likely to be involved in combat operations in Russia’s Kursk region, near the Ukraine border.
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SOURCE: www.timesnownews.com
RELATED: Russia at UN: If West helps Ukraine, why can’t North Korea help us?
BALTIC NEWS NETWORK |
Published October 31, 2024
Russia’s envoy to the United Nations (UN), Vassily Nebenzia, asked the Security Council on Wednesday, the 30th of October, why its allies, such as North Korea, cannot help Moscow in its war against Ukraine if Western countries claim they have the right to help Kyiv, and faced tough arguments from the US, Britain, South Korea, Ukraine and others, who accused Russia of violating UN resolutions and statutes by sending troops from North Korea (DPRK) to help in the war, reports Reuters.
“It is illegal to support aggression that completely violates the principles of the UN Charter,” said South Korea’s ambassador to the UN, Jong-kook Hwang. “Any actions related to the DPRK sending troops to Russia are in clear violation of several UN Security Council resolutions.”
Some 10 000 North Korean troops are already in eastern Russia, apparently to be used to support combat operations in Russia’s Kursk region, the Pentagon has said.
Nebenzia said that Russia’s military interaction with North Korea does not violate international law. Russia has not denied the involvement of North Korean troops in the war in Ukraine.
“Even if everything our Western colleagues say about Russian-North Korean cooperation is true, why are the US and allies trying to impose on everyone the false logic that they have the right to help the Zelenskyy regime … and Russia’s allies have no right to do similar things,” Nebenzia said.
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SOURCE: www.bnn-news.com