The US consults with allies regarding the reaction to the deployment of North Korean soldiers in Kursk – State Department

The United States is consulting with partners regarding the response to the deployment of North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region for potential involvement in hostilities against the Ukrainian military, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said during a briefing on November 7. UNN.

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“We are consulting with our allies and partners regarding the appropriate response to the deployment of North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region for potential involvement in hostilities (…) against Ukrainian soldiers, but I do not have any reports today,” the State Department spokesman said.

He emphasized that “we are consulting with our allies and partners on what the response should be right now.” “And I’m not going to predict what that response will be, because it’s appropriate that we have these conversations with our allies and partners,” Miller said.

“I think it’s important to remember that the response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine was not just the response of the United States. (…) This is a response that we organized on behalf of more than 50 countries, and so we are going to consult with them about , what should be the appropriate response, whether from the United States, or from other countries, or a joint response, as we did today,” the State Department spokesman emphasized.

“I can tell you that on behalf of the United States, we will continue to support Ukraine. We are going to continue to support them on the battlefield, and we are going to continue to work to preserve the alliance that we have created to support Ukraine, to respond to Russian aggression,” – Miller noted.

Commenting on the statement of the representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, he said that the issue of “the dispatch of North Korean troops and the military alliance between North Korea and Russia is something that North Korea and Russia can do as sovereign states, the spokesman of the State Department indicated that “we believe that the deepening of partnership in the field security between Russia and North Korea – and of course the deployment of North Korean troops to engage in hostilities against Ukrainian soldiers – is what should be of concern to everyone in the region.” “We have directly raised these issues with China, told them that we think this should be their concern, and this is something they should raise with both countries,” Miller said.

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