“North Korea attempts to undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty and territory”
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(Istanbul = Yonhap News) Correspondent Cho Seong-heum = Ukraine has cut ties with North Korea, which has approved the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) declared by pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Donbas region.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on its website on the 13th (local time) that “North Korea’s decision is regarded as an attempt to undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
“Ukraine is severing diplomatic ties with North Korea today,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Oleg Nicholenko said on Twitter. said.
Earlier, DPR government head Dennis Pucillin said through a telegram channel on the same day, “North Korea approved the DPR today.” .
North Korean ambassador to the United Nations Kim Sung also told reporters: “We are ready to fully support Russia’s position in relation to the DPR and the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR).”
The DPR and LPR are republics declared by pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine in 2014.
At the end of last month, Syria, backed by Russian-backed President Bashar al-Assad, has also recognized their independence.
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