Leaders of North Korea and Russia, Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin signed the “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement” today, Wednesday. it will structure bilateral relations, TASS news agency reported, while Pyongyang and Moscow decided to further strengthen their ties to counter Washington and its allies.

Agreement includes a mutual defense clause, Putin announced after his summit with the North Korean leader.

Document signed between both leaders provides for “assistance in the event of an attack on one of the two countries”, Putin said this in statements collected by the Russian TASS news agency.

The agreement signing ceremony took place after both leaders retained personal meeting for about two hours.

This face-to-face meeting took place after both parties had kept summit in extended format about 90 minutes at the Kumsusan guest residence in Pyongyang, where Putin is visiting for the first time in 24 years.

Putin’s adviser on international politics, Yuri Ushakov, had already said the day before that this new treaty will replace those signed between Moscow and Pyongyang. in 1961, 2000 and 2001.

Ushakov himself indicated that the new document necessary given profound changes in the global geopolitical landscape and the evolution of the bilateral relationship, especially strengthened after Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, an action that had the full support of North Korea from the beginning, as Putin and Kim recalled today during an expanded summit.

The treaty will take into account “all universal principles of international law, It will not be confrontational in nature and will not be directed against any country. and will be aimed at ensuring greater stability in the Northeast Asian region,” the presidential adviser said on Tuesday.

In recent days, coinciding with Putin’s historic visit, the Kremlin and North Korean propaganda have emphasized the need strengthen its alliance to contribute to the establishment of a multipolar order end US hegemony.

In this sense, Putin assured that both countries will work for the benefit. creation of a “commercial and mutual payment system” it allows the exchange to bypass dollar-linked financial schemes that both countries are barred from accessing, according to what the Russian president himself wrote in an article published by North Korea’s Rodong newspaper on Tuesday.

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Many analysts believe that the trip of Putin, who is due to fly to Vietnam today for a two-day visit, could serve also deepen military ties following an agreement in this area that he and Kim signed at a summit last year in Russia’s Amur region.

(according to information from EFE)