STRONG DENIAL In this file picture taken on March 2, 2019, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, attends a wreath laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi. North Korea on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, denied providing arms to Moscow after the United States said the nuclear-armed state supplied rockets and missiles to Russia’s private military group Wagner. AFP PHOTO
STRONG DENIAL In this file picture taken on March 2, 2019, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, attends a wreath laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi. North Korea on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, denied providing arms to Moscow after the United States said the nuclear-armed state supplied rockets and missiles to Russia’s private military group Wagner. AFP PHOTO

(UPDATED) SEOUL: North Korea on Sunday denied providing arms to Moscow after the United States said the nuclear-armed state supplied rockets and missiles to Russia's private military group Wagner.

Washington earlier this month designated the Wagner group as a "transnational criminal organization," citing its weapons dealings with Pyongyang in violation of UN Security Council resolutions.

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