North Korea Will ‘Pay a Price’ If It Supplies Arms to Russia, Says US

THE GUARDIAN: Providing weapons to Moscow for Ukraine war will not ‘reflect well on North Korea’, national security adviser says, amid reports of active talks

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un toasts Russian president Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, Russia in 2019. The US has said North Korea will pay a price if it supplies arms to Moscow for use in Ukraine. Photograph: 朝鮮通信社/AP
The US warned Kim Jong-un that North Korea would “pay a price” for supplying Russia with weapons to use in Ukraine, saying that arms negotiations between the two states were actively advancing.

Providing weapons to Russia “is not going to reflect well on North Korea and they will pay a price for this in the international community,” US national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters at the White House.

The Kremlin said earlier on Tuesday it had “nothing to say” about statements by US officials that Kim planned to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin and discuss weapons supplies to Moscow.

Kim expects discussions about weapons to continue, Sullivan said, including at leader level and “perhaps even in person”. » | Reuters | Wednesday, September 6, 2023

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