Pak Jong Chon, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea, stated, “If the rulers of the US persist in recklessly pushing their war machine into Ukraine for a proxy war against Russia, it will inevitably provoke a stronger response from Russia,” as reported by the Korean Central News Agency.
Pak continued, “It is Russia’s right to self-defense to make a strategic counterattack to defend its security from the ever-aggravating threat posed by hostile forces. Any responsive action taken by Russia will be a legitimate act of self-defense.”
Last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed “full support” for Russia’s war in Ukraine and committed to enhancing strategic cooperation with Moscow during summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Pyongyang, according to Yonhap news agency.
“We will always stand together with the Russian army and people in a just struggle to defend sovereign rights, strategic stability, and the territorial integrity of their country,” Pak stated.
Pak particularly criticized the US for expanding its agreement with Ukraine to strike beyond the border inside Russian territory, wherever Russian forces are conducting cross-border attacks into Ukraine, not just in the Kharkiv region as previously agreed.
“This time, the US has gone so far as to allow the Ukrainian neo-Nazis to strike any part of Russian territory at their will,” Pak said.