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Behind the smiles, the balloons and the red-carpet pageantry of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea last week, a strong signal came through: In the spiraling confrontation with the U.S. and its allies over Ukraine, the Russian leader is willing to challenge Western interests like never before.
A US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Saturday for joint military drills aimed to better counter North Korean threats, Seoul’s navy said.
This week’s summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin was of historic significance. It extended the global tensions that began two years ago with the Ukrainian conflict all the way to the eastern tip of the Eurasian continent, where the Cold War started in 1950. It could have unfathomable consequences.
Four days in Asia. That’s all President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia needed to anger Washington, undermine Beijing and rattle a collection of Indo-Pacific nations already scrambling to cope with a jumbled world order.
Meanwhile, the treaty signed by the two leaders provides for “mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties”. This wording is likely to raise concerns in the West, with media outlets reporting that the agreement is equivalent to a mutual defence pact.
SEOUL -- North Korea and Russia agreed at a summit to significantly upgrade relations, including a pledge to defend each other militarily in the event of an attack. But analysts say the heretofore transactional nature of their ties casts serious doubt on whether they will live up to that commitment.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -- Russia must abide by United Nations sanctions on North Korea, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday after the two countries this week deepened ties and agreed to provide immediate military assistance if either faces armed aggression.