North Korea announces the entry into force of its military agreement with Russia

MADRID Dec. 4 () –

The North Korean regime has announced the entry into force this Thursday of the military agreement signed with Russia, which includes, among other issues, a mutual defense clause and has generated misgivings in the international community.

The North Korean leader, Kin Jong Un, and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, signed the text in mid-June, during a visit by the latter to Pyongyang. In the months since, both countries have completed their respective approval processes.

The exchange of ratification instruments marked the entry into force of the treaty on November 4, reports the official KCNA agency. According to Pyongyang, it is a “powerful” instrument at the service of an “independent and just multipolar world, without domination, subjugation or hegemony.”

The treaty establishes that, in the event of a threat or act of aggression against one of the parties, the other may convene consultations to coordinate its position and agree on mutual defense measures, in an unprecedented rapprochement between Moscow and Pyongyang.

This renewed desire for cooperation in the military field has translated into the sending to Russia of thousands of North Korean soldiers who would already be participating in combat operations against Ukrainian forces.