Foreign ministers of 48 countries including Japan, the US and South Korea denounce North Korea's ballistic missile transfer to Russia

On the 10th, 48 countries including Japan, the United States, and South Korea, as well as the European Union (EU), denounced North Korea's transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia, saying they ``resolutely oppose'' North Korea's transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia.
On this day, they issued a joint statement saying, ``We believe that North Korea exports ballistic missiles and that Russia exports ballistic missiles from North Korea.''
"We condemn in the strongest terms Russia's procurement of such missiles and its use of such missiles in attacks on Ukraine on December 30, 2023 and January 2, 2024."
expressed. ``Such arms transfers inflict further suffering on the Ukrainian people, support Russia's war of aggression, and undermine the international non-proliferation regime,'' they said.
"Africa's use of North Korean ballistic missiles will provide North Korea with important technology and military insight." He continued, ``We believe that this kind of cooperation will benefit Europe, the Korean Peninsula,
"We are deeply concerned about the impact this will have on security in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world." Furthermore, ``North Korea's transfer of ballistic missiles and other weapons materials to Russia is prohibited.
This is a clear violation of numerous UN Security Council resolutions to which North Korea has consented," and added, "All UN member states, including members of the UN Security Council, condemn Russia and North Korea's clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions.
I urge you to take part in this," he said.