DPRK troops in Russia: Consultations with Rudenko were held in Beijing — the tension is growing

October 28 in Consultations between Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Andrei Rudenko and Special Representative of the Government of the People's Republic of China for the Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu Xiaoming took place in Beijing, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported today, October 30.

Rudenko and Xiaoming "expressed serious concern about the escalation of tension in the subregion, the reasons for which are the dangerous buildup of joint military activity by the United States and its allies, as well as their building military-political alliances to the detriment of the security of other countries in Northeast Asia."

"It was emphasized that the path to preserving peace and stability on the On the Korean Peninsula, the elimination of the risks of a large—scale armed conflict lies through the refusal of Washington and its allies to pursue a block confrontation and the desire to impose a "rules-based world order" that provokes confrontation in the spirit of the cold War," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

It is noted that Moscow and Beijing "will continue close coordination and close interaction, including at the UN, in the interests of creating a fair system of indivisible security on the The Korean peninsula and the Northeast Asia region."

In this regard, EADaily adds that earlier US officials told CNN that Washington called on China to intervene in the situation with the dispatch of North Korean troops to Russia and to ensure that the DPRK returns its soldiers to their places of permanent deployment. According to them, the adviser to the US President on national security Jake Sullivan also instructed to convince other countries to turn to Beijing with a similar appeal.

"We have contacted the PRC on this issue to make it clear that we are concerned about this and that they should be concerned about the destabilizing actions of two neighbors, Russia and North Korea," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed.

However, as CNN sources noted, Washington is "not optimistic" that China will act on North Korea in this matter. The NATO representative, in a conversation with the TV channel, recalled that Beijing is still helping Moscow in the conflict on the Ukraine.

On October 28, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that military units from North Korea had been transferred to the Kursk region, part of which was captured by Ukrainian troops during a sudden summer offensive.

As EADaily reported, Russia's decision to deploy North Korean troops to strengthen its forces made Ukraine's allies realize that they have few options for responding to this step without further escalation of the conflict, Bloomberg reported.

Recall, the Ukrainian command warned the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who are in Kursk region, about the imminent participation of DPRK soldiers in hostilities. This was reported by The New York Times.

According to the latest US assessment, North Korea has sent Russia has about 10 thousand military personnel for exercises and participation in hostilities. CNN sources believe that part of the North Korean military may already be on the territory of Ukraine.