On Saturday, Vladimir Putin signed a law ratifying the agreement on the comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and North Korea. In practice, this document means a military alliance between countries that have declared to provide each other with military assistance in the event of an attack.
About that Vladimir Putin signed a law ratifying the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between the Russian Federation and North Korea, Russian media reported on Saturday.
Earlier, the law on ratification of the agreement between Russia and the DPRK on comprehensive strategic partnership was approved by the State Duma and the Federation Council. Parliamentarians voted unanimously to ratify the document.
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Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong UnPAP/EPA/GAVRIIL GRIGOROV / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL
Military alliance of Russia and North Korea
The leaders of the DPRK and Russia signed the document on June 19 during the Russian president's visit to Pyongyang. It is intended to replace the existing Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighborhood and Cooperation between the two countries of February 9, 2000.
As indicated by the Federation Council, the document is of a peaceful nature and provides for the maintenance of an indefinite partnership based on mutual respect for sovereignty and other principles of international law.
The agreement states that in the event of a threat to the sovereignty of one of the parties, including a military attack, both parties undertake to provide each other with military assistance. “This document de facto means a military alliance,” emphasized the independent Moscow Times portal a few days ago.
At the end of October, the Minister of Defense USA Lloyd Austin informed that about 10,000 are stationed in Russia. soldiers from North Korea, including approximately 8,000 in the Kursk Oblast of Russia, where the Ukrainian army launched an offensive in August. On Monday, Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) reported that there are already 11,000 people in the Kursk Oblast. North Korean soldiers. Information about the first clashes between Ukrainian forces and the military was confirmed in recent days by the Minister of Defense Ukraine Rustem Umierov.
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