Russian Senate Ratifies Military Treaty With North Korea
President Vladimir Putin (L) and North Korean FM Choe Son Hui in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. X/ @unbnewsroom
November 6, 2024 Hour: 6:54 am
According to Ukraine, North Korea has already deployed around 11,000 soldiers in Russia.
On Wednesday, the Russian Senate ratified the “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty” signed between Russia and North Korea in June, which includes a clause for mutual military assistance in the event of aggression.
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According to this document, if one of the signatory parties is subjected to an armed attack, the other will immediately provide military and other forms of assistance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean President Kim Jong-un signed the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty during the Kremlin leader’s first visit to Pyongyang in nearly a quarter of a century.
The ratification of the treaty by the upper chamber of the Russian Parliament comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the first encounters between his troops and North Korean soldiers.
“The first clashes with North Korean soldiers open a new chapter of instability in the world,” Zelensky said in a message to the nation, urging the international community to “do everything possible to ensure this Russian step to expand the war fails.”
According to Ukraine and some of its allies, North Korea has already deployed around 11,000 soldiers in Russia. Some of them are said to have joined Russian troops fighting the Ukrainian Army in the Russian region of Kursk, which has been partially occupied by Ukrainian forces since August.
Russia, which has so far neither confirmed nor denied the presence of North Korean troops on its territory, maintains that the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty with North Korea is “defensive in nature and is not directed against the security of third countries.”
teleSUR/ JF Source: EFE