US envoy calls alleged North Korea

The U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim on Tuesday criticised relations between North Korea and Russia as “very worrying,” after the White House said last week Pyongyang recently provided Russia with a shipment of weapons.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts in Jakarta, Kim called weapons deliveries between the two countries “dangerous” and “destabilising,” and reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to protect its allies.
The meeting took place days after a new accusation by the United States that the North recently provided Russia with a large shipment of weapons, which it said was an indication of expanded military relationship between the two countries.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s rare trip to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin last month, fanning concerns they could shore up Russia’s military in Ukraine while North Korea obtains missile technology banned under U.N. resolutions.