The denial comes after the United States accused North Korea of supplying missiles and missiles to the Russian military company, the Wagner Group.
North Korea has denied providing weapons to Russia after the United States accused Pyongyang of supplying Russia’s Wagner Group with missiles and rockets and helping build up Russian forces in Ukraine.
A senior North Korean official, in a statement on Sunday, slammed the US allegations as a “baseless rumor” intended to justify Washington’s military assistance to Ukraine.
The United States classified Wagner as “transnational criminal organizationEarlier this month, he cited a private military group’s alleged arms dealings with North Korea – something prohibited by United Nations Security Council resolutions.
The White House also showed what it said were US intelligence photos of Russian railroad cars entering North Korea, picking up a shipment of infantry and rocket launchers, and returning to Russia.
But the director general of the Department of American Affairs in North Korea, Kwon Jong-jun, dismissed the accusations on Sunday, warning that the US would face a “truly unwanted outcome” if it continued to spread “self-inflicted rumors”.
Trying to distort the image [North Korea] By making up something that does not exist is a serious provocation that can never be allowed and can only lead to a reaction,” Kwon Jung Joon said.
He added that the US move was “a foolish attempt to justify its offer of weapons to Ukraine.”
Earlier this week, US President Joe Biden promised to provide 31 Abrams tanks, one of the US military’s most powerful and advanced weapons, to help Kyiv fight off Moscow’s invasion.
The move drew a rebuke on Friday from Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who accused Washington of “Cross the red lineSending tanks to Ukraine.
Kwon Jong Gun reiterated Pyongyang’s concerns about the tank move on Sunday, calling it an “immoral crime” intended to perpetuate an unstable international situation.
Besides China, Russia is one of North Korea’s few international friends.
Russia, one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, has long stood firm against mounting pressure on nuclear-armed North Korea, even calling for relief from international sanctions on humanitarian grounds.
Meanwhile, with the exception of Syria and Russia, North Korea is the only country that has recognized the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk, two Russian-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine.
In November, after the White House said Pyongyang was secretly supplying Russia with a “significant” number of artillery shells, North Korea said it had He had no arms deals with Russia And it has no plans to do so.