North Korea recognizes pro-Russian separatist republics in Eastern Ukraine as Sovereign Countries, According to a Statement by a Separatist Leader and a Russian State news Agency.
The move North Korea makes it only the third country after Russia and Syria to recognize the two separatist entities, Donetsk (DPR) and Luhansk People’s Republics (LPR), in Donbass in Ukraine region.
in post on Denis Pushlin, leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Party, said on his Telegram channel that he hopes for Fruitful cooperation and more trade with North Korea, an isolated nuclear-armed country more More than 4,000 miles (6,500 km).
Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Moscow posted picture on Her channel on Telegram of Ceremony in Which was handed over by the North Korean ambassador in Moscow, Sin Hong-chul, a certificate of Confession of DPR envoy Olga Makeeva.
North Korean Embassy in Moscow confirmed that it recognized independence of Both entities on Wednesday, Russia TASS news The agency later reported.
Recognized by Russia, which has been supporting the regions since 2014 on eve of that it invasion of Ukraine in a move condemned by Kyiv The West is illegal.
justify it decision to wage the war you callspecial military Operation,” by saying that it protects Russian speakers who live There is a “genocide”.
Kyiv The West rejected these assertions as an excuse for Wage war and seize vast areas of the territory of Ukraine.
North Korea previously expressed support for annexation of Russia of Crimea in 2014.
