North Korea has ratified its strategic partnership treaty with Russiathat includes a mutual defense clauseas North Korean state media reported this Tuesday, and after Pyongyang sent troops to support the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-unsigned andThis “comprehensive strategic collaboration” pact the day before, according to the North Korean state agency KCNA, in reference to the bilateral agreement that provides for military assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties and that will come into force when the documents are exchanged.
“The ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation’, concluded in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024, was ratified by decree of the President of State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” This Tuesday he collected a short text published by KCNA.
On November 6th, The Russian Senate also ratified this documentwhich states that if one of the signatory parties is subject to an armed attack, the other will immediately provide military and other assistance.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putinand the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, They signed the treaty in June during the first visit of the head of the Kremlin to Pyongyang in almost a quarter of a century.
According to Ukraine and some of its allies, North Korea has already deployed about 11,000 soldiers to Russia. Some of them have already joined the Russian troops fighting the Ukrainian Army in the Russian region of Kursk, bordering Ukraine and partially occupied by kyiv forces since August.
Russia, which until now has neither confirmed nor denied the presence of North Korean troops in its territory, assures that the treaty with the Pyongyang regime is dand “defensive in nature and is not directed against the security of third countries.”
In a recent report by the Russian TASS agency, Putin mentioned the possibility of both countries holding joint military exercises, which would deepen their military cooperation.
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