The North Korean leader offered Pyongyang’s “full support” to Moscow in a message to the Russian president, North Korean state media reported today.
Kim Jong-un sent a congratulatory message to Vladimir Putin on the occasion of the holidays in Russia, one of Pyongyang’s few allies.
The statement, carried by North Korea’s official KCNA news agency, did not specifically mention the invasion of Ukraine or Moscow’s involvement in an armed conflict, but praised the “good decision and leadership… of the hostile forces.” from Putin.
The North Korean people offer “full support and solidarity to the Russian people in their tireless struggle to defend the sacred cause of preserving the sovereign rights, development and interests of the country against the arbitrary and authoritarian practices of the imperialists.”
North Korea described the conflict as a “proxy war” by the United States to destroy Russia and condemned Western military aid to kyiv.
In January, Washington accused North Korea of supplying rockets and missiles to the Russian Wagner paramilitary group, which Pyongyang denied.
In March, Washington said it had evidence that Moscow was seeking weapons from Pyongyang for the Ukraine offensive in exchange for food aid to North Korea, whose economy and agriculture are in shambles.
As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia has long vetoed new sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program and repeated missile launches.
Source: TSF
