North Korea’s Kim Jong-un slams US for prolonging Ukraine war due to ‘wild ambition’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has slammed the United States for its blocking of international peace efforts aimed at ending the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Speaking at the Defense Ministry on Sunday on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the Korean People’s Army Foundation Day, Kim expressed concern over the “reckless behavior of the US” by supporting the war between Ukraine and Russia.
He asserted that the US is blinded “by the wild ambition for establishing unipolar hegemony” and remains the main element “behind the scenes of the war machine” stirring up the conflict.
“He expressed serious concern over the reckless behavior of the US and Western group intentionally fostering the prolonged war for the unrealizable dream to deal a strategic setback to Russia,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
Kim said Pyongyang condemned “any act of denying international justice and disturbing global peace and security.”
He added that North Korea “will invariably support and encourage the just cause of the Russian army and people to defend their sovereignty, security and territorial integrity in keeping with the spirit of the treaty on the comprehensive strategic partnership between the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] and Russia.”
He also opined that in 2025, the Ukrainian conflict will remain one of the two “main axis of the tense international situation, “the other being the situation in the Gaza Strip and Syria “which have been the scene of global geopolitical conflicts and confrontation last year.”
Kim also warned about US foreign policy, saying that the plots hatched by the US across the globe, “are further increasing the danger of the outbreak of a new world war with a serious impact not only on international peace and security but also all other spheres of human activities.”
Kim signed a comprehensive strategic partnership pact with Russian President Vladimir Putin last year.
The pact signed in June between North Korea and Russia provides for “mutual assistance” in case either country enters war.
Kim assured Putin that North Korea will unconditionally support all of Russia’s policies. He also specified that North Korea fully supports Russia’s special operation in Ukraine.
Russia launched its military campaign in eastern Ukraine in early 2022.
Since then, the US and its Western allies have been sending weapons and munitions to Ukraine, giving all-out support to Kiev to continue its war against Russia.
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