America News Desk!! White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has said that North Korea is working to send dozens of types of weapons and ammunition to Russia, which Moscow will use in its ongoing war against Ukraine. Addressing a virtual press briefing on Thursday, Kirby said North Korea wanted to secure food supplies in return and arranged a possible arms deal through a Slovakian arms dealer, Yonhap news agency reported. has been identified as Ashot Maktyrchev. “We are concerned that North Korea will provide further support for Russia’s military operations against Ukraine, given that North Korea delivered large quantities of munitions to Russia late last year,” he said. .
As part of this proposed deal, Russia would receive more than two dozen types of weapons and ammunition from Korea. We also understand that Russia is seeking to send a delegation to North Korea and that Russia is offering North Korea food in exchange for war. The US Treasury Department said it has imposed sanctions on Maktyrchev for arranging an arms deal between North Korea and Russia. Between late 2022 and early 2023, Maktyrchev agreed with DPRK officials to sell more than two dozen types of weapons and equipment to Russia in exchange for commercial aircraft, raw materials and goods being shipped to the DPRK, the department said in a statement. Worked to get ammunition. DPRK stands for Democratic People’s Republic of Korea which is the official name of North Korea.
Kirby stressed that any provision of arms or ammunition by North Korea to Russia would be a violation of several United Nations Security Council resolutions, which prohibit any shipment of weapons from North Korea. Any arms deal between North Korea and Russia would be a direct violation of UN Security Council resolutions, he told the briefing. We have noted recent statements by North Korea that they will not provide or sell weapons to Russia, and we are closely monitoring this. We will continue to identify, expose, and counter Russian efforts to acquire military equipment from North Korea or any other state willing to support its war in Ukraine. The BBC reported that North Korea is one of the world’s poorest countries and has suffered food shortages for decades, including a devastating famine in the mid-1990s. In February, experts warned that the nation was facing a severe food crisis due to a sharp drop in production from the effects of inclement weather, tighter border controls and international sanctions. Satellite imagery from South Korean officials shows North Korea to produce 180,000 tons less food in 2022 than in 2021.
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