North Korea on Sunday announced further strategic and tactical engagements with Russia to establish a “new multipolar international order” as the two countries seek to build a united front in the face of separate and escalating tensions with the United States. announced that they had agreed to cooperate. .
North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke about the meeting between North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui and Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow last week, and President Putin also reaffirmed his desire to visit Pyongyang, stating that he hoped to visit Pyongyang as soon as possible. '', he said.
North Korea is actively strengthening its relationship with Russia, and this is clearly evident when Chairman Kim Jong Un visited Russia in September and held a summit meeting with President Putin.
Mr. Kim is seeking to emerge from diplomatic isolation and strengthen his foothold as he weathers an escalating nuclear standoff with the United States, South Korea and Tokyo.
In a separate statement on Sunday, North Korea's Foreign Ministry said it had called an emergency meeting over the country's latest ballistic test, which state media reported was a new intermediate-range solid-fuel missile with a hypersonic warhead on its tip. blamed the board.
The ministry said the Jan. 14 test firing was part of the country's regular activities aimed at improving its defense capabilities and did not pose a threat to neighboring countries.
South Korea on Thursday called on the Security Council to “break its silence” over North Korea's escalating missile tests and threats.
Permanent members Russia and China have blocked a U.S.-led effort to tighten sanctions on North Korea over recent weapons tests, highlighting deepening rifts over Russia's war with Ukraine.
North Korea's collaboration with Russia has raised international concerns over alleged arms cooperation in which North Korea provided munitions to Russia to help extend the fighting in Ukraine, possibly in return for Kim. much-needed economic and military aid will be provided to strengthen the military strength of the United States.
Both North Korea and Russia denied the US and South Korean accusations of North Korea's arms transfers to Russia.
North Korea's Foreign Ministry said in comments published by state media that Choi and Russian officials had met to discuss “strategic and tactical issues in protecting the core interests of both countries and establishing a new multipolar international system.” The two sides expressed their strong will to further strengthen cooperation. order. “
The Ministry of North Korea announced that Russia expressed its “deep gratitude” for North Korea's “full support” in the war against Ukraine.
According to the paper, Choi and Russian officials accused the United States of expanding military cooperation with its Asian allies, exacerbating regional tensions and threatening North Korea's sovereignty and security interests. , expressed “serious concerns”.
Tensions on the Korean peninsula have reached their highest point in years after Mr. Kim used Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a distraction in recent months to step up weapons tests and military demonstrations.
The United States, South Korea and Japan responded by stepping up joint military exercises, which Kim described as rehearsals for invasion, and by strengthening deterrence programs built around nuclear-capable American assets.
In its latest retaliation, North Korea announced on Friday that it had conducted a test of a supposedly nuclear-capable underwater attack drone in response to last week's joint naval exercises by the United States, South Korea and Japan. Rivals are the cause of regional tensions.
Choi's visit to Moscow comes as Kim continues to use domestic political events to issue provocative threats of nuclear conflict.
At a rubber-stamp parliament in Pyongyang last week, Mr. Kim declared that North Korea was abandoning its long-held goal of peaceful reunification with war-torn rival South Korea, calling South Korea its most hostile foreign adversary. He ordered that North Korea's constitution be rewritten to make it more solid. . He accused South Korea of acting as a “top stooge” of the United States and repeated threats to use nuclear weapons to annihilate South Korea if provoked.
Analysts say the move is aimed at weakening South Korea's voice in regional nuclear conflicts and ultimately forcing it to deal directly with Washington, as North Korea seeks to solidify its status as a regional nuclear power. It is pointed out that there is a possibility that
