BRUSSELS, November 8. /TASS/. The North Atlantic Council expressed concern over cooperation between Russia and North Korea, alleging that it impacts Euro-Atlantic security and call on all other countries not to help Russia and North Korea, according to a statement adopted by the North Atlantic Council’s ambassadorial meeting.
According to the document "NATO Allies strongly condemn the decisions by the leaders of the Russian Federation and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)," which allegedly envisaged the sending of North Korean military to Russia, which is seen by the NATO Council as a "dangerous" escalation, despite the fact that they have no evidence to back these allegations. Nevertheless, the NATO ambassadors claimed that "the deepening military cooperation between Russia and the DPRK deeply impacts Euro-Atlantic security, with implications also for the Indo-Pacific."
The North Atlantic Council also called on all countries "not to provide any kind of assistance" to Russia and "condemn all those who are facilitating and thereby prolonging" Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine.
"Allies remain as resolute as ever in supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes for Ukraine to prevail," the NATO ambassador stressed and promised to "step up vital political, military, financial, economic, and humanitarian assistance as Ukraine exercises its inherent right to self-defense as enshrined in Article 51 of the UN Charter."
The document notes that along with the 32 NATO member state it was signed by five partners, namely Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, and Ukraine.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte acknowledged earlier that 99% of weapons used in Ukraine against Russia was supplied from NATO countries.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier that NATO troops had been directly involved in the Ukrainian conflict for quite a long time already. According to Putin, the strategic partnership treaty between Russia and North Korea has a provision on joint defense. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on October 30 that there is nothing extraordinary about Moscow’s strategic cooperation with Pyongyang, despite the West’s attempts to demonize it.