North Korea Calls Washington ‘Root Cause’ of Ukraine Crisis

North Korea slammed Washington's actions, on Sunday, affirming that they are a root cause of the current crisis in Ukraine.

North Korea’s foreign ministry stated that U.S. actions that “disregard” Russian security concerns are a “root cause of the Ukrainian crisis.”

The statemnt comes after the DPRK’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) criticized the U.S. earlier this month for “proliferating the wild rumor of ‘invasion of Ukraine.’”

“The root cause of the Ukrainian crisis also lies in the high-handedness and arbitrariness of the U.S. which has held on solely to the unilateral sanction and pressure while pursuing only global hegemony and military supremacy in disregard of the legitimate demand of Russia for its security,” according to Saturday’s statement attributed to researcher Ri Ji Song.

In the same vein, Artyom Lukin, a professor of international relations at Far Eastern Federal University in Vlapostok, tweeted that the wording of the MFA statement “is similar to China’s official stance,” calling it further evidence of cooperation between Russia, China and the DPRK.

“It is not without reason that the international media and experts comment that the contributing factor to the Ukrainian crisis is the imbalance of power in Europe due to the unilateral expansion of NATO and its threat as well as the grave threat to the national security of Russia,” the North Korean foreign ministry statement added.

Moreover, Beijing has condemned the United States for driving NATO’s eastward expansion “to Russia’s doorstep” and labeled Washington “the culprit of current tensions surrounding Ukraine,” emphasizing Moscow’s “legitimate security concerns.”