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The Pact between Russia and North Korea that the West does not like

Relations between Russia and North Korea have strengthened in recent years as a result of the war between Russia and Ukraine, and the threats posed to Pyongyang by the alliance between South Korea and the United States. In this context, both countries have signed an agreement on mutual cooperation in technological, military and preventive security matters. Western countries qualify the relations between these two countries as a high level of "military alliance", in whose PACT they undertake to protect each other in case of aggression. According to state agency RIA, Kim called Russia "the most honest friend and ally," and has referred to Putin as "the dearest friend of the Korean people." This reunion on North Korean soil is intended to strengthen a diplomatic rapprochement and military cooperation between both countries. The closest precedent occurred in March 2015 where Russia and North Korea announced the beginning of a "year of friendship" between both countries, and in 2019 Kim met with Putin for the first time in Vladivostok, near the border. The president of Russia had not traveled to North Korea since 2000, when Putin himself, in his first term, visited the country to meet with Kim Jong Il, father of the current North Korean president. According to analysts, in the current context of the war in Ukraine, Russia needs greater supplies of ammunition and projectiles. Additionally, North Korea, which has faced several years of international sanctions over its nuclear weapons program, lacks everything from cash and food to missile technology. In that sense, the rapprochements between Putin and Kim could lead Pyongyang to obtain the type of weapons that those sanctions have prevented it from accessing for two decades, especially for its nuclear-capable ballistic missile program. Speaking to reporters in Pyongyang, Kim warned that his country will respond "without hesitation" to "incidents or wars" faced by North Korea or Russia, following the signing of the so-called Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement. "There will be no differences in interpretation, no hesitation or indecision in carrying out the duty to respond in a joint effort to various incidents or wars that our countries are already facing, or will face in the future," the North Korean leader said. Likewise, the North Korean leader also declared that the relationship between North Korea and Russia is now raised to a "new level of alliance" and that the treaty will accelerate the creation of a "multipolar world" where no dominant country can exercise hegemonic power. Both leaders met for two hours on Wednesday, June 19, in Pyongyang.

2024-08-02 23:22:43