Russian President Vladimir Putin told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a message that the two countries would continue to implement the comprehensive strategic partnership treaty concluded this year, North Korea’s KCNA news agency reported on Friday (27 ) in local time.
The treaty, signed during Putin’s visit to Pyongyang, includes a mutual defense pact.
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The agreement, signed by Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in June after a summit in Pyongyang, calls for each side to help the other in the event of an armed attack.
Russia’s upper house ratified the treaty in early November, while the lower house endorsed it in October. Putin signed a decree on this ratification that appeared on a government website outlining legislative procedures.
The treaty has strengthened ties between Moscow and Pyongyang since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Reports from South Korea and Western countries say North Korea has supplied weapons to Russia. Ukrainian experts say they have found traces of weapons at sites of Russian attacks.
Ukraine estimates that more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or injured in Russia’s Kursk region, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
North Korean soldiers are believed to have suffered heavy losses in the region, according to US and Ukrainian officials. Zelensky’s government accuses Russia of trying to cover up the Asian country’s involvement in the war.
Neither Russia nor North Korea have officially acknowledged the presence of North Korean soldiers in the battle.
This content was originally published in Russia and North Korea will continue with a cooperation treaty, says the state-owned company on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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