The Russian Defense Minister welcomed an “all-round” strengthening of ties with Pyongyang. The two countries, under international sanctions, have become closer since the war in Ukraine.
Welcomed with great fanfare when he got off the plane, Andreï Beloussov arrived in Pyongyang this Friday.
Objective of this official visit by the Russian Minister of Defense: to strengthen already close ties between Russia and North Korea.
Pyongyang is accused by Washington and Kyiv of sending troops to Russia to fight Ukrainian forces.
North Korea and Russia, which have become much closer since this war, are linked by a mutual defense treaty, signed in June and which provides for reciprocal “immediate military aid” in the event of an attack against one of the two countries. .
During Andrei Belousov’s visit to Pyongyang, his ministry announced the capture by the Russian army of two new villages in eastern Ukraine, which brings to four, according to Moscow, the number of localities conquered this week .
