Vladimir Putin said Russia and North Korea have ramped up ties to a “new level,” pledging to help each other if either nation is attacked in a “breakthrough” new partnership announced during the Russian president’s rare visit to the reclusive state.
Thousands of North Koreans chanting “welcome Putin” lined the city’s wide boulevards brandishing Russian and North Korean flags and bouquets of flowers, as Putin kicked off his first visit to North Korea in 24 years with a finely choreographed display of influence in the dictatorship.
The pair then signed the new strategic partnership to replace previous deals signed in 1961, 2000 and 2001, according to Russian state news agency TASS. “The comprehensive partnership agreement signed today includes, among other things, the provision of mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties to this agreement,” Putin said after the meeting.
Hot take, I doubt either of them would help the other out more than a symbolic gesture.
No, they would. NK is already manufacturing weapons for Russia. And back in the Korean War, Soviet Russia provided weapons, aircraft, and pilots to North Korea. That’s more or less what would happen again, I think.
They are manufacturing lifts for eachother’s shoes
But they don’t do that for free.
Probably the two least reliable and most devious regimes in the world. They deserve each other as allies.
NK has bodies, Putin needs soldiers…
NK needs food, supplies, technical knowledge on missile construction and of course nukes.
They can help each other plenty.