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| ▲ People watch news of North Korea's troop deployment to Russia in a waiting room at Seoul Station in the capital in this Oct. 20, 2024, file photo. (Yonhap) |
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G7, S. Korea, Australia, New Zealand condemn N. Korean troop deployment to Russia
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries, along with South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, on Tuesday issued a joint statement to strongly condemn the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia in support of its war in Ukraine.
The top diplomats from the G7 -- the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan and Italy -- the high representative of the European Union and the three other countries voiced united opposition against the deepening military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang.
In the statement, the ministers denounced the increased military cooperation between North Korea and Russia "in the strongest possible terms," including Russia's "unlawful procurement" of North Korean ballistic missiles.
"The DPRK's direct support for Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, besides showing Russia's desperate efforts to compensate its losses, would mark a dangerous expansion of the conflict," the statement said.
DPRK refers to North Korea's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
They expressed grave concerns over any potential transfer of nuclear or ballistic missile-related technology to North Korea and committed to work with international partners "for a coordinated response" to this new development.
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