North Korea and Russia sign treaty

Moving toward Cold War Two

     The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation have signed the DPRK-Russia Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.  The comprehensive agreement is both a mutual defense pact as well as an agreement to intensify commercial relations and intercultural exchanges.  It is an agreement of cooperative self-defense and common development, forged in response to Washington’s campaign of unconventional war and unilateral sanctions against targeted defiant nations, including Russia and the DPRK, carried out by the USA with the increasing support of Western nations.  The Treaty was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and DPRK Chairman of State Affairs Kim Jong Un on June 19, 2024, in Pyongyang, during the Russian President’s June 18-19 visit to North Korea. 

     Good relations between Russia and the DPRK have been maintained for seven decades.  As Putin pointed out during a reception hosted by Kim, an international treaty was signed on March 17, 1949, in Mo…