A Kremlin spokesman told reporters: “North Korea is our close neighbor and partner, and we are developing our relations in all fields, and this is our sovereign right.”
Peskov stressed that this should not cause any concern to anyone, and added: “We will work to develop this cooperation further.”
Peskov advised treating information claiming the presence of the North Korean army in Russia as contradictory. A Kremlin representative said: “We see a lot of contradictory information: the South Koreans say something, and then the Pentagon announces that they have no evidence to confirm the validity of those statements, so there is a lot of contradictory information.” “I think this is the way we should deal with such information.”
In response to a question about the presence of North Korean army forces in Russia, and their participation in the Russian military operation in Ukraine, Peskov said: “This is a question related to the conduct of the special military operation. You must communicate with the Ministry of Defense.”
South Korean Defense Minister Kim Jong-hyun had claimed that Pyongyang had sent North Korean military personnel to Ukraine, thus interpreting in his own way the content of the strategic partnership treaty between Russia and North Korea.
On October 19, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin admitted that he was unable to confirm Ukrainian accounts about the presence of North Korean forces in the area of Russian special military operations. However, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed with the President of the Republic of Korea, Yoon Seok-yul, the rumors about the transmission. The alleged transfer of North Korean forces to Russia to participate in the special military operation, describing such a hypothetical scenario as a “dangerous escalation.”
On October 10, Peskov said that press allegations about the participation of KPA soldiers in Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine are fake news.
Source: TASS Agency
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