2023-08-15 18:32:32
An alliance that can be scary. The Russian president and North Korea on Tuesday advocated 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 Kremlin statement.
Since the war in Ukraine, Russia is getting closer to Pyongyang
Kim “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 Minister of Defense Kang Sun Nam read to the participants of a security forum near Moscow and quoted by Russian news agencies.
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 qualified this country as an “important partner”. The United States suspects Moscow of seeking to obtain arms from its North Korean ally.
The promises of increased cooperation come as a summit between the leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan is due to be held in Washington on Friday, with the aim of strengthening their security cooperation in the face of a South Korea. North increasingly threatening.
Pyongyang calls the conflict in Ukraine a US “proxy war” aimed at destroying Russia and condemned Western military aid to kyiv, echoing Russian rhetoric. For its part, as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Russia has long vetoed the adoption of new sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program and repeated missile launches.
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