The military component of the PRC-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance is now largely symbolic, a Chinese national security expert told the Asan Plenum in Seoul on Tuesday.
The decades-old treaty – approved in the wake of the Korean War in order to deter an attack on the DPRK – must be renewed by the two countries every 20 years, with the next renewal scheduled for 2021.
The military component of the PRC-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance is now largely symbolic, a Chinese national security expert told the Asan Plenum in Seoul on Tuesday.
The decades-old treaty – approved in the wake of the Korean War in order to deter an attack on the DPRK – must be renewed by the two countries every 20 years, with the next renewal scheduled for 2021.
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