Russia and North Korea dropped a diplomatic bombshell last week when they signed the new Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, featuring a provision in Article 4 that effectively restores the formal military alliance between the two countries previously established under the 1961 Soviet-DPRK treaty.
In addition, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un made a number of promises during the summit about future cooperation between their countries, in areas ranging from defense development to science, medicine and trade.
Russia and North Korea dropped a diplomatic bombshell last week when they signed the new Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, featuring a provision in Article 4 that effectively restores the formal military alliance between the two countries previously established under the 1961 Soviet-DPRK treaty.
In addition, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un made a number of promises during the summit about future cooperation between their countries, in areas ranging from defense development to science, medicine and trade.
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