Foreign experts believe North Korea's recent series of artillery and short-range missile tests were meant to examine or advertise the weapons it was planning to sell to Russia.
has again denied her country has exported any weapons to Russia, as she labelled outside speculation on North Korea-Russian arms dealings as "the most absurd paradox".
“We have no intention to export our military technical capabilities to any country or open them to the public,” she said in a statement carried by state media. Any weapons trade with North Korea would be a violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions that Russia, a permanent UN Security Council member, previously endorsed.In March, South Korean Defence Minister Shin Wonsik said North Korea had shipped about 7000 containers filled with munitions and other military equipment to Russia since last year.
At the time, Ukraine officials also said an investigation of the debris of a missile found in its north-eastern Kharkiv region showed the weapon likely was from North Korea.
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