(UPDATE) SEOUL — Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and agreed to boost military cooperation between the two isolated nations, Pyongyang's state media reported on Saturday.
SEOUL — Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and agreed to boost military cooperation between the two isolated nations, Pyongyang's state media reported on Saturday.The United States and South Korea have accused the nuclear-armed North of sending more than 10,000 soldiers to help Russia fight Ukraine, with experts saying Kim is eager to gain advanced technology, and battle experience for his troops, in return.
It is an exercise of the right to self-defense for Russia to take resolute action to make the hostile forces pay the price,' Kim was quoted as saying.Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kim signed a strategic partnership treaty in June that obligates both states to provide military assistance 'without delay' in the case of an attack on the other and jointly oppose Western sanctions.
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