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NKorea, Russia Ratify Defense Treaty   11/12 06:05

   

   SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea ratified a major defense treaty with 
Russia stipulating mutual military aid, the North's state media reported 
Tuesday, as the U.S., South Korea and Ukraine say North Korea has sent 
thousands of troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine.

   Russia had completed the ratification of the treaty last week after it was 
signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un 
in June. It is considered both countries' biggest defense deal since the end of 
the Cold War.

   The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership treaty will take effect when both 
sides exchange documents on the ratification, the state-run Korean Central News 
Agency said.

   North Korea ratified the treaty through a decree signed Monday by the 
country's president of state affairs, KCNA said, using one of Kim's titles.

   North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly, has 
the right to ratify treaties but Kim can unilaterally ratify major ones, 
according to South Korea's Unification Ministry.

   The treaty requires both countries to use all available means to provide 
immediate military assistance if either is attacked. It also calls for the two 
countries to actively cooperate in efforts to establish a "just and multipolar 
new world order" and strengthen cooperation on various sectors including 
peaceful atomic energy, space, food supply, trade and economy.

   Some observers speculate the treaty's ratification in both countries could 
signal North Korea could formally enter the Russia-Ukraine war soon.

   According to U.S., South Korean and Ukrainian intelligence assessments, up 
to 12,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia likely as part of the 
June treaty. Last week, Ukrainian officials said Ukraine and North Korean 
troops engaged in small-scale fighting while Ukraine's army fired artillery at 
North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk border region.

   North Korea's troop dispatch threatens to escalate the almost three-year 
war. South Korea, the U.S. and their partners also worry about what Russia 
could give North Korea in return. Possible Russian transfer of sensitive 
technology to enhance North Korea's already-advancing nuclear and missile 
programs would be an alarming development for the U.S. and its allies.

   North Korea and Russia have been significantly strengthening their military 
and other cooperation. South Korea's spy agency said last month that North 
Korea had sent more than 13,000 containers of artillery, missiles and other 
conventional arms to Russia since August 2023 to replenish its dwindling 
weapons stockpiles.

 
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