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[Anchor]
North Korea dismissed recent reports of Russian troop dispatch as unfounded rumors.

Concerns and criticisms from the West, including Korea, are growing.

Reporter Kwon Young-hee reports.

[Reporter]
North Korea's comments came at the first committee of the U.N. General Assembly, which discusses disarmament and international security.

It was a response process to the Ukrainian representative's point out that North Korea will soon deploy 10,000 regular troops to Russia.

{근거}'Unfounded Rumours' was dismissed.

[U.N. North Korea Mission: I don't feel the need to comment on unfounded rumors to tarnish North Korea's image on military cooperation with Russia]

It is North Korea's first official response to the "Russian dispatch" issue, which has raised concerns around the world.

North Korea's response is in line with Russia's attitude.

Russia, which has already denied the rumor of sending North Korea several times, repeated the same position at the UN Security Council.

[Vasily Nebenzia / Russian Ambassador to the United Nations: Iran, China, and South Korea] They spread ghost stories and they are more outrageous than ever.]

South Korea, a member of the Security Council, has strongly criticized it.

He also warned of moves to neutralize U.N. sanctions and receive various aid from Russia.

[Hwang Joon-guk, Ambassador to the United Nations: It is a blatant attempt to undermine peace and security not only in Europe and Northeast Asia, but also around the world]

The U.S. has also expressed concern.

[Robert Wood / U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations] If true, this is a dangerous and very concerning situation, and it is clear that the military relationship between North Korea and Russia will intensify.]

The biggest concern is Russia's transfer of nuclear weapons-related technology to North Korea in exchange for troops.

The U.S. and other Western countries have been busy responding to rumors of North Korea's dispatch of troops to Russia.

I'm YTN's Kwon Younghee.

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