{"id":9516,"date":"2026-08-01T11:16:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T11:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/9516\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T11:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T11:16:31","slug":"north-korea-accuses-nato-of-expanding-war-preparations-through-fuel-network-plan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/9516\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea accuses NATO of expanding war preparations through fuel network plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Claims NATO&#8217;s planned expansion of fuel supply network demonstrates transformation into more aggressive military bloc<\/p>\n<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the second plenary meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers&#8217; Party of Korea (WPK), in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this picture released June 23, 2026. PHOTO: Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via REUTERS   <\/p>\n<p>North Korea on Saturday accused NATO of accelerating military preparations for future conflicts, claiming the alliance&#8217;s planned expansion of its fuel supply network demonstrates its transformation into a more aggressive military bloc.<\/p>\n<p>In a commentary carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Pyongyang criticised NATO&#8217;s reported plan to extend and modernise its military fuel transport system across Europe, including new pipelines and energy storage facilities linking western Europe with newer eastern and northern member states.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2617681\/north-korea-condemns-nato-summit-says-denuclearisation-should-start-with-us-allies\" target=\"_blank\">North Korea condemns NATO summit, says denuclearisation should start with US allies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The commentary claimed the project reflects NATO&#8217;s focus on maintaining strategic war reserves and alleged the alliance is preparing for conflicts beyond Europe, including in the Asia-Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In recent years, NATO, which has talked about the inseparability of the security in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, is more frequently introducing strategic assets of its member states into the Asia-Pacific region, demonstrating its military existence, and frequently staging adventurous muscle flexing in the vicinity of the Korean peninsula in collusion with the countries hostile towards the DPRK&#8221; \u2013 meaning North Korea \u2013 KCNA claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2621181\/alliance-by-footnote-1\" target=\"_blank\">Alliance by footnote<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pyongyang also criticised NATO members&#8217; participation in multinational military exercises such as the Rim of the Pacific drills, saying this proves the alliance views the Asia-Pacific as a potential theater of war.<\/p>\n<p>The commentary alleged NATO&#8217;s military buildup and logistical expansion are aimed at enabling rapid military operations worldwide and warned that such efforts would heighten global tensions.<\/p>\n<p>NATO has consistently said its posture is defensive and intended to deter threats while ensuring the collective security of its member states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Claims NATO&#8217;s planned expansion of fuel supply network demonstrates transformation into more aggressive military bloc North Korean leader&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[537,538],"class_list":["post-9516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-latest","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}