Biden seems to confuse North and South Korea (VIDEO)

The US president mistakenly claimed that North Korea supported Washington in imposing sanctions on Russia

US President Joe Biden added to his record of gaffes on Friday by apparently complicated the 2 Korean states.

Talking on the Naval Academy’s commencement ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland, Biden mentioned the significance of US cooperation with allies for the sake of worldwide safety. For example of such cooperation, he talked about the sanctions imposed by Western nations on Moscow over its navy operation in Ukraine.

“Did anybody suppose that once I referred to as for sanctions in opposition to Russia, along with NATO, that Australia, Japan, North Korea, a number of the ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] nations would get up and help these sanctions?” the US chief requested.

US President Biden throughout a speech to Naval Academy graduates mentioned North Korea had joined US sanctions in opposition to Russia, apparently complicated the nation with South Korea pic.twitter.com/LaUxPIpMKa

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Nevertheless, North Korea, itself closely sanctioned by Washington, was truly one in every of 5 nations to vote in early March in opposition to a UN decision condemning the Russian navy offensive in Ukraine.

Pyongyang even accused the “hegemonic coverage” of the US of fueling the battle.

On Thursday, in the meantime, Russia and China used their vetoes to dam a US-drafted UN Safety Council decision aimed toward strengthening worldwide sanctions on North Korea. The nations had not vetoed any of the earlier North Korea sanctions packages carried out since 2006.

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