UNITED NATION – The United States on Monday said it would be a dangerous development for North Korea to send troops to support Russia in Ukraine, as Seoul has asserted.
“We are consulting with our allies and partners on the implications of such a dramatic move,” he added.
Seoul’s spy agency said on Friday that North Korea had decided to send a “large-scale” troop deployment to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine, with 1,500 special forces already in Russia’s Far East and undergoing training.
The agency estimated the North could send around 12,000 soldiers in total.
The US State Department is “not yet at a point where we’re able to confirm those reports and whether they are accurate,” deputy spokesman Vedant Patel said Monday.
France’s UN envoy Nicolas de Riviere told the UN Security Council that the deployment of North Korean soldiers would constitute a further escalation.
He added that Pyongyang’s “increasing support for the Russian war effort is very worrying.”
The United States and its allies have already voiced concern about North Korea providing weapons to Russia, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022. – AFP
