TOKYO: Japan warned Thursday against violating UN resolutions on arms deals with North Korea, after Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Kim Jong Un.
'We are watching with concerns including the possibility that it could lead to violations of the Security Council's ban on all arms-related material transactions with North Korea,' new Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa told reporters.There has been widespread speculation that Putin is seeking arms from North Korea to use in his country's war in Ukraine.Kamikawa said that the 'Russian invasion of Ukraine cannot be accepted.
'This picture taken on September 13, 2023 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on September 14 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's President Vladimir Putin visitng the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Amur region.
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