MOSCOW, November 1. /TASS/. The spokesman for the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, left without comment the statement of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the readiness of the DPRK troops, allegedly deployed in the Kursk region, to join the fighting in Ukraine in a near future.

“I have nothing to add to what we previously stated on this issue,” Peskov said.

Blinken previously claimed that 8,000 of the 10,000 DPRK troops believed to be on Russian territory had been transferred to the Kursk region, but were not yet involved in combat operations against the Ukrainian army . He noted that the United States expected this to happen within a few days. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin claimed that the troops were “equipped in Russian uniforms and equipped with Russian equipment”, which would indicate that Russia intended to use these foreign forces in military operations. front line against Ukraine.

Peskov told a news conference on Thursday that Moscow is committed to developing relations with Pyongyang in all areas and that this should not frighten or worry anyone. For her part, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said strategic cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang was neither unusual nor extraordinary, contrary to Western attempts to demonize it. She said those seeking peaceful interaction with Moscow had no reason to worry.