The denial comes after the US accused North Korea of supplying rockets and missiles to Russian military firm Wagner Group.
North Korea has denied supplying Russia with weapons after the United States accused Pyongyang of supplying rockets and missiles to Moscow’s Wagner Group and helping to bolster Russian forces in Ukraine.
A senior North Korean official, in a statement on Sunday, criticized the US accusations as “baseless rumours” aimed at justifying Washington’s military aid to Ukraine.
The US designated Wagner a “transnational criminal organization” earlier this month, citing the private military group’s alleged arms deals with North Korea – something banned by United Nations Security Council resolutions.
The White House also showed what it said were US intelligence photos of Russian rail cars entering North Korea, picking up a load of cruise missiles and missiles and returning to Russia.
But the director-general of North Korea’s US Affairs Department, Kwon Jong Gun, rejected the accusations on Sunday, warning that the US would face a “truly undesirable outcome” if it persisted in spreading “self-made rumours”.
“I’m trying to tarnish the image [North Korea] inventing a non-existent thing is a grave provocation that must not be allowed under any circumstances and cannot but provoke a reaction,” said Kwon Jong Gun.
He added that the American move is a “stupid attempt to justify the offer of arms to Ukraine.”
Earlier this week, US President Joe Biden pledged 31 Abrams tanks, one of the US military’s most powerful and sophisticated weapons, to help Kiev fight Moscow’s invasion.
The move drew a rebuke on Friday from Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who accused Washington of “crossing the red line further” by sending tanks to Ukraine.
Kwon Jong Gun reiterated Pyongyang’s concerns about the tank transfer on Sunday, calling it an “unethical crime” aimed at perpetuating a volatile international situation.
Along with China, Russia is one of North Korea’s few international friends.
Russia, one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, has long opposed increasing pressure on nuclear-armed North Korea, even calling for the lifting of international sanctions on humanitarian grounds.
Meanwhile, apart from Syria and Russia, North Korea is the only country to recognize the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk, two Russian-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine.
In November, after the White House said Pyongyang was secretly supplying Russia with a “significant” number of artillery shells, North Korea said it had never dealt with Russian arms and had no plans to do so.