NKorea slams report on country's cooperation with Russia as sovereignty breach

Seoul, June 2 -- The North Korean Foreign Ministry condemned the report of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) on the country's cooperation with Russia as violating sovereignty, warning of consequences, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

The first MSMT report, dedicated to military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow, which, according to the team, violates UN Security Council resolutions, was published on May 29.

In a press statement, the North Korean Foreign Ministry expressed serious concern about this and warned of negative consequences.

"The hostile actions of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT), a phantom group that has no legitimacy in terms of its existence and purpose, are a gross vio...