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North Korea Denounces UN Sanctions Monitor Report as Sovereignty Breach

Pyongyang brands the MSMT’s report as a “political provocation” lacking legal standing following its details of arms transfers, troop deployments, missile data exchanges with Russia

Russian and North Korean flags fly at the Vostochny Сosmodrome, the venue of the meeting between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Sputnik/Artem Geodakyan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun (C) speaks about the launch of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) in a press conference at the foreign ministry in Seoul, together with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell (5th from L), Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano (7th from L) and the ambassadors of participating countries on the MSMT, in this file photo taken Oct. 16, 2024. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

Overview

  • The MSMT’s May report alleges North Korea supplied over 20,000 containers of munitions to Russia, boosting Kremlin missile strikes on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure
  • Monitors say Moscow reciprocated by sharing missile performance data to help Pyongyang enhance its own weaponry
  • North Korea invoked a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty obligating mutual military assistance in response to external armed attacks
  • Pyongyang labeled the 11-member monitoring team a “bogus” Western tool with no authority to investigate state sovereignty
  • The Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team was formed in October 2024 after Russia vetoed the UN Panel of Experts tasked with enforcing North Korea sanctions