CCTV reporter has learned that Kim Jong-kyu, Deputy Minister of the DPRK Foreign Ministry in charge of Russian affairs, stated on the day that he has noticed the recent international discourse regarding the notion of "North Korea dispatching troops to Russia."

The DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not directly intervene in the actions of the DPRK Ministry of National Defense, and there is no need to confirm this matter separately. Kim Jong-kyu also stated that if there are actions described by international public opinion, they are in line with international legal norms. He believes that certain forces must be trying to portray it as an illegal act.