North Korea ratifies mutual defense agreement with Russia

MADRID 12 Nov. () –

North Korea announced this Tuesday that the mutual defense agreement with Russia, signed between the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, on June 19, has been ratified, according to the news agency. North Korean KCNA.

The agreement has been ratified by the head of state, who signed the decree the day before and will come into force from the day on which both parties exchange the instruments of ratification.

For its part, the Upper House of Russia’s Parliament, the Federation Council, ratified the aforementioned association agreement last week, thus obtaining the approval of both Chambers of the Russian Parliament.

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. Russia and North Korea have also agreed to cooperate in areas such as security, economy, trade, science, technology, agriculture, education, health and disaster prevention, among other issues.

South Korean Intelligence estimates that at least part of the North Korean military sent to Russia are already deployed in combat zones with Ukrainian forces, although this would not necessarily imply their entry into Ukraine because there is also an open front in the Russian Kursk region. .