Yoon Seok-yeol ‘NK is responsible for China, regime destroyed by nuclear attack’ North Korea and Russia ‘automatic military intervention in a multipolar world’
While President Yoon Seok-yeol used ‘North Korea is responsible for China’ as a foreign policy, the North Korea-Russia summit concluded ‘automatic military intervention’ as a ‘military alliance’.
Article 4 of the 'Strategic Partnership' agreement signed by North Korea and Russia on the 19th stipulates that if one country is invaded and falls into a state of war, the other country must "mobilize all means without delay" to provide "military and other support." did.
The Korean Central News Agency reported on the comprehensive strategic partnership agreement signed by Chairman Kim Jong-un and Russian President Putin in Pyongyang on this day.
President Yoon Seok-yeol said on July 16 last year, right before his UN speech, "South Korea, the United States, and Japan share a common understanding that it is important for China to play a responsible and constructive role not only in resolving pending issues on the Korean Peninsula and in the region, but also in resolving global challenges. “We are sharing,” he said in an exclusive interview with AP.
President Yoon continued, “Military cooperation between North Korea and Russia is illegal and unjust because it violates UN Security Council resolutions and various other international sanctions,” adding, “Our two countries (South Korea and the United States) will ensure that any nuclear attack by North Korea is prevented by the North Korean regime.” “It reaffirms that we will face a swift, overwhelming and decisive response that will bring about the end,” he said.
At a summit with the President of Belarus on July 15 last year, President Putin formalized the ‘multipolar system’ by saying, “The overwhelming majority of people participating in international relations are fighting together with us to create a multipolar world.”
Regarding multipolarization, the NYT said the next day (July 16), “Countries subject to UN sanctions are forming an ‘axis’ centered on Russia and showing signs of being an ‘attacker’ towards North Korea.”
Regarding the ‘mutual defense treaty’ announced after the Pyongyang summit on the 19th, Reuters said, “This is one of Russia’s most important moves in Asia in years, which Kim Jong-un has said is an ‘alliance.’”
The New York Times said, “President Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un revived the Cold War-era mutual defense pledge between the two countries on the 19th, as the Kremlin pledged solidarity in deepening security ties with North Korea and challenging the United States.”
TASS news agency reported that in a joint press conference after the meeting, President Putin said, "It includes provisions for mutual support in case of invasion by a third party," and that the United States and Europe are providing long-range weapons to Ukraine, saying, "The West is violating its international obligations." He said he said.
Yomiuri reported that President Putin said at a press conference, "North Korea has the right to strengthen its defense capabilities to protect its national security and sovereignty," and that "military-technical cooperation between Russia and North Korea is not ruled out."
Yomiuri said Chairman Kim Jong-un “will be the driving force in creating a new multipolar world,” and that “‘multipolarization’ is a word often used by President Putin, who insists on a break with the international order led by the United States and Europe.” .
Regarding the summit, Yomiuri said, “It started in the afternoon of the 19th, and after a long meeting of about 1 hour and 30 minutes attended by ministers, a one-on-one meeting was held for 2 hours, twice the scheduled time.”
A U.S. State Department spokesperson said on the day, "Deepening cooperation between Russia and North Korea is critical for all parties interested in maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, safeguarding the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, complying with United Nations Security Council resolutions, and supporting the people of Ukraine." “It is a trend that will be of great interest to people.”
“China could be a limiting factor and share how comfortable Russia is with the deepening of relations between Moscow and Pyongyang,” said Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Center for Russia and Eurasia. “Ultimately, this is what Beijing is so uncomfortable with.” “It’s not the same,” he told the NYT.
Russian energy company Gazprom operates a gas field in Vietnam, and President Putin went to Vietnam from Pyongyang. “We plan to start an LNG project in Vietnam,” he said of Russian energy company Novatek.
Reuters reported that Putin mentioned an initiative by Russia's state-owned nuclear energy conglomerate Rosatom to "establish a nuclear science and technology center in Vietnam."
Korea and Canada proposed options for Vietnamese nuclear power plants 10 years ago, but the Vietnamese government halted the nuclear power plant development plan, and Russia is expected to take the lead in building nuclear power plants this time.
See <Putin ‘North Korea is the axis of sanctions’ and Yoon Seok-yeol ‘China is responsible for North Korea-Russia transactions’, July 17, 2023>