Russia and North Korea recently signed a strategic partnership pact, marking a significant development in their bilateral relations. This agreement comes at a time when both countries are facing increasing pressure from the international community, particularly in light of North Korea's nuclear ambitions and Russia's assertive foreign policy.
The pact includes provisions for increased economic cooperation, military collaboration, and cultural exchanges between the two nations. This move is seen as a way for both countries to strengthen their positions on the world stage and counterbalance Western influence in the region.
In a rare visit to the reclusive nuclear-armed state, the Russian leader and his host signed a comprehensive strategic partnership that could deepen their military and economic cooperation as both countries face a slew of global sanctions and confrontations with the United States and its allies.
The deal could expand transfers of military technology to Pyongyang in exchange for supplies of munitions that Moscow’s military badly needs for its war in Ukraine. U.S. officials previously told NBC News that such transfers could vastly enhance North Korea’s nuclear capabilities and threaten the Asia-Pacific region.
Putin was met upon his nighttime arrival by Kim, who shook his hands, hugged him twice and rode with him from the airport in a limousine in a huge motorcade that rolled through the capital's brightly illuminated streets, where buildings were decorated with giant Russian flags and portraits of Putin.
After spending the rest of the night at a state guest house, Putin attended a lavish welcoming ceremony at the city's main square, where he and Kim saluted an honor guard and walked across a red carpet. Kim then introduced key members of his leadership including Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui; top aide and ruling party secretary Jo Yong Won; and the leader's powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong.
Earlier, North Korea’s state news agency KCNA, described the two leaders’ meeting as an historic event that showed the “invincibility and durability” of the friendship and unity between North Korea and Russia.
The two countries’ relations had “emerged as a strong strategic fortress for preserving international justice, peace and security and an engine for accelerating the building of a new multi-polar world”, it added.
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