Alliance chief claims Moscow’s help for Pyongyang could destabilise Korean Peninsula and threaten US
Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte has accused Russia of assisting North Korea’s nuclear programme in exchange for Pyongyang sending troops to help its war against Ukraine, the first such claim by a senior western official. “In return for troops and weapons, Russia is providing North Korea with support for its missile and nuclear programmes,” Rutte said after meeting Nato foreign ministers in Brussels on Wednesday.
Yoon and other senior officials in Seoul have described Pyongyang’s direct participation in the conflict as a threat to South Korea’s security that offers North Korean troops valuable battlefield experience and access to Russian military technologies. But Seoul has continued to resist entreaties from western allies to draw on its vast stockpiles of armaments, preferring to contribute to Kyiv’s war effort through non-lethal aid.
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