Putin And North Korea, Aligned Once Again. Current Events Jun 19 Written By Glen Turpening “President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, revived a Cold War-era mutual defense pledge between their nations on Wednesday, signing a new agreement that calls for them to assist each other in the event of “aggression” against either country.The Russian president, in a briefing after the two leaders signed the document, did not clarify whether such assistance would require immediate and full-fledged military intervention in the event of an attack, as the now-defunct 1961 treaty specified. But he said that Russia “does not exclude the development of military-technical cooperation” with North Korea in accordance with the new agreement.” — By Choe Sang-Hun and Paul Sonne, 'New York Times' Vladimir PutinRussiaKim Jong-unNorth KoreaAmerican Foreign Policy Glen Turpening
Putin And North Korea, Aligned Once Again. Current Events Jun 19 Written By Glen Turpening “President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, revived a Cold War-era mutual defense pledge between their nations on Wednesday, signing a new agreement that calls for them to assist each other in the event of “aggression” against either country.The Russian president, in a briefing after the two leaders signed the document, did not clarify whether such assistance would require immediate and full-fledged military intervention in the event of an attack, as the now-defunct 1961 treaty specified. But he said that Russia “does not exclude the development of military-technical cooperation” with North Korea in accordance with the new agreement.” — By Choe Sang-Hun and Paul Sonne, 'New York Times' Vladimir PutinRussiaKim Jong-unNorth KoreaAmerican Foreign Policy Glen Turpening