The treaty, already signed by the two authoritarian leaders, was ratified by the Russian Senate on Wednesday.
Kim Jong-un literally rolled out the red carpet. Vladimir Putin will visit Pyongyang in June 2024, a first in twenty-four years. Both had signed a “North Korea-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement”which was ratified this Wednesday, two weeks after the Duma, by the Council of the Federation, the Russian Senate. A “truly revolutionary document” then assured the master of the Kremlin described as “best friend” by his North Korean counterpart. The latter greeted “a new era” for the relations of their two countries.
The agreement has twenty-three articles and a preamble. He “provides, among other things, for mutual assistance in the event of aggression against any party to the treaty”Vladimir Putin explained during his announcement. “Both Russia and Korea pursue independent foreign policies and do not accept the language of blackmail and diktat», he had justified. “In the event of a direct threat of armed invasion”
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