The French foreign ministry summoned North Korea's general delegate to Paris last week to protest the deployment of North Korean troops in Russia and to warn that Pyongyang's move will not be without consequences, Reuters reports.
„We are ready to react firmly in coordination with our partners,” said the spokesman of the French Foreign Ministry, Christophe Lehmann, in response to a journalist's question about whether sanctions against North Korea are being discussed in connection with sending its troops to Russia.
Lehmann specified that the diplomatic service summoned North Korea's general delegate in Paris on October 28 and told him that such support for Russia's war in Ukraine would not go unanswered.
France does not maintain diplomatic relations with Pyongyang, but the North Korean delegate-general is accredited to UNESCO, whose headquarters are located in Paris.