The agreement requires each side to come to the aid of the other in the event of an armed attack.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree ratifying the strategic partnership treaty between the Russian Federation and North Korea, which includes provisions on mutual defense.
About this became known from a decree by the Russian president published on Saturday, November 9, Reuters reports.
The agreement, signed by Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in June 2024 after a summit in Pyongyang, requires each side to come to the aid of the other in the event of an armed attack.
The upper house of the Russian parliament ratified the treaty this week, and the lower house approved it last month.
Putin signed a decree on this ratification today.
The treaty strengthens ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, which were already close since Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 years.
Reports from South Korea and Western countries indicate that Pyongyang supplied Russia with weapons. Ukrainian experts say traces of North Korean missiles have been found at the sites of Russian terrorist air strikes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Pyongyang has sent 11,000 troops to Russia, and some of them have already suffered losses in battles with Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
Russia has not yet officially confirmed the presence of North Korean troops.
Recall that the Kursk group of the Ukrainian Defense Forces is preparing for clashes with North Korean troops. Officials in Kyiv confirm that isolated military clashes with Russia's new allies are being recorded, indicating that a new dangerous phase of the war has begun.
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