North Korea-Russia ‘alternative trade, mutual payment, equal security, multipolar system’, Korea-U.S.-Japan military training ‘change’
Changes were attempted in the joint military exercises between Korea, the United States, and Japan as North Korea and Russia established a ‘multipolar system with indivisible equality and security’ through ‘mutual settlement of alternative trade’.
Reuters reported that North Korea's Rodong Sinmun said on the 19th that it would "develop alternative trade and mutual settlement mechanisms that are not controlled by the West" and "build an equal and indivisible security structure in Eurasia."
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un began an official event at Pyongyang's Kim Il-sung Square on this day, and the Korean Central News Agency said, "Chairman Kim hugged President Putin, who arrived at Pyongyang Airport in the early hours, and while the leaders were on their way to the guesthouse in Pyongyang, ' “We shared deep, suppressed thoughts,” the report said.
In addition to President Putin and Chairman Kim Jong-un, the two countries' summit was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Denis Mantrurov, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, Senior Advisor to Foreign Minister Choe Choe-hee, Cho Yong-won, and her younger sister, Vice Minister Kim Yo-jong, followed by a one-on-one private meeting between the two leaders. The meeting will be held without Kim Yo-jong and only with an interpreter.
The day before his visit to Pyongyang, Putin announced in a presidential decree that he would sign a "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty" with North Korea.
Foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters on this day that “security issues will be included” and that “this agreement is not aimed at other countries but will present prospects for further cooperation.”
Reuters said, “It is a sign that Russia, a veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council, is reassessing its approach to North Korea,” and added, “Ahead of his arrival in North Korea, President Putin praised North Korea for resisting economic pressure, intimidation, and threats from the United States.” .
Evans Revere, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, told VOA (Voice of America) on the 18th, “Recent circumstances make it clear that the era when Russia and China were ready to help resolve the North Korean issue is over,” adding, “The traditional As a result, Korea has tried to maintain stable and predictable relationships with both Russia and China. “From South Korea’s perspective, the most dangerous situation is if Russia agrees to provide cutting-edge military technology to North Korea, such as fighter jet-related technology, submarine-launched ballistic missile technology, or guidance engine-related technology,” he said.
Joseph DeTrani, former U.S. deputy representative to the six-party talks, said on this day, “It has a clear impact on the relationship between Korea and Russia.” He added, “Russia cannot ignore Korea, a top 10 economy and a major international player, so it will try to manage and maintain the Korea-Russia relationship.” “He told VOA.
With tensions on the Korean Peninsula reaching their highest point in several years due to North Korea's series of weapons tests and joint military exercises by the U.S., South Korea, and Japan accelerating, inter-Korean conflict has resulted in North Korea throwing trash on balloons and South Korea distributing psychological warfare leaflets against North Korea. Russia's official intervention heralded a change in the military exercises between Korea, the United States, and Japan in the Cold War-style system of strengthening psychological warfare that broadcasts anti-North Korea propaganda through loudspeakers.