Since the launch of its offensive in Ukraine, Russia has made a rapprochement with Pyongyang.
Posted on 08/15/2023 20:30
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Moscow International Security Conference on August 15, 2023. (MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV / POOL / AFP)
The Russian President and North Korea advocated, Tuesday, August 15, increased cooperation, particularly in the field of defense, a new illustration of the rapprochement between these two enemies of the United States since the start of the Kremlin offensive in Ukraine. .
In the morning, Vladimir Putin was the first to advocate the strengthening of cooperation with Pyongyang, in a congratulatory message addressed to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the occasion of Liberation Day, celebrating, in North Korea as in South Korea, the end of Japanese colonial rule in 1945. “I am confident that we will continue to strengthen bilateral cooperation in all fields for the benefit of our peoples and in the interest of enhancing stability and security on the Korean Peninsula and in the Northeast Asian region. Is in general”Vladimir Putin said, according to a statement from the Kremlin.
A violation of UN resolutions, according to Washington
His Kim Jong Un “stressed the need to continue the development of strategic and tactical cooperation between the two countries in the field of security and defense”, according to a message from Defense Minister Kang Sun Nam read to participants of a security forum near Moscow and quoted by Russian news agencies. In response, the United States claimed that Russia would be in violation of UN resolutions if it reached an arms deal with North Korea.
Since the launch of its offensive in Ukraine, Russia has made a rapprochement with Pyongyang, an ally of the USSR during the Cold War. This was illustrated by the visit to North Korea, at the end of July, of the Russian Minister of Defence, Sergei Shoigu, who described this country as “important partner”. The United States suspects Moscow of seeking to obtain arms from its North Korean ally.
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