North Korea, Russia sign pact to give all available military help if other is attacked

[Geechie]

Source: Reuters

SEOUL, June 20 (Reuters) - North Korea and Russia agreed to provide immediate military assistance if either faced armed aggression, under a pact their leaders signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's first visit in 24 years.

The pledge is seen as the revival of a mutual defence agreement under a 1961 treaty adopted by the Cold War allies that was annulled in 1990 when the Soviet Union established diplomatic ties with South Korea.

The agreement for a "comprehensive strategic partnership" signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday is one of the highest-profile moves in Asia by Moscow in years.

"If either side faces an armed invasion and is in a state of war, the other side will immediately use all available means to provide military and other assistance in accordance with Article 51 of the U.N. Charter and the laws of each country," Article 4 of the agreement says.


Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/north-korea-russia-pact-give-all-available-military-help-if-other-is-invaded-2024-06-20/

[oasis]

1. "The Mice That Roared"

[ZonkerHarris]

2. How can we get China to attack North Korea?

[C Moon]

3. Can't help but wonder if they believe each other.

[Warpy]

4. Kim looks like he's back to tipping the scales at 150 Kg

which is over 300 pounds.

Artur Rehi thinks they sent a Putin double, Putin probably waiting until the meet & greet stuff is over and his contact with other people would be minimal. The nose really was quite different, as was the jovial attitude and willingness to shake hands with multiple strangers who were crowded in closely.

Putin is now reportedly in VietNam, possibly trying for a similar mutual defense pact, hoping to start blocking China.

Good luck to him and the Red Sox.

[betsuni]

5. I just saw on the news a clip of Kim Jong Un and Putin in a car driving around, copying

Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedians in cars getting coffee" except it's "Dictators in cars getting tea."

[Martin68]

6. That is an agreement that isn't worth the paper it is written on.

North Korea plans to rush troops to Ukraine? Russia plans to station troops on the border with S. Korea?

[FakeNoose]

7. It can only benefit North Korea and I'm sure both parties realize that

Putin's getting desperate for friends lately.

[Martin68]

10. Well, N. Korea is supplying badly needed artillery and missiles.

[GB_RN]

8. And Just WHO...

Does “Fat Boy Kim” think is going to attack the DPRK? Certainly won’t be us. No one is dumb enough to try a pre-emptive strike. That’s a good way to eat nuclear fallout.

Oh, well. I guess paranoid dick-taters gotta be paranoid. May as well be paranoid together, eh?

[maxsolomon]

9. SK.

But it looks like that's never going to happen. The NK people will continue to be enslaved by the monstrous machine that the Chines saved from defeat 70 years ago.