The State Duma has ratified the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between Russia and the DPRK. The treaty was submitted to Parliament for ratification by President Vladimir Putin on October 14.

Article 4 of this agreement provides that “if one of the parties finds itself in a state of war due to an armed attack by one or more States, the other party will immediately provide it with military assistance by all means available to it in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter and the laws of the DPRK and Of the Russian Federation”.

In total, there are 23 articles in the treaty, they imply the expansion of cooperation in trade, economy, investment, science and technology, including in the fields of space and peaceful atom. The agreement is valid indefinitely.

Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko was present at the plenary session of the Duma, where the issue of ratification of the treaty was considered. He stressed that the treaty is purely defensive in nature, but noted that the document brings the relations of the two countries “to the level of alliance.”

“The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement between Russia and The DPRK is called upon to play a stabilizing role in Northeast Asia, will make a positive contribution to maintaining the balance of power in the region based on the principle of indivisibility of security, reducing the risk of a recurrence of war on the Korean peninsula, including with the use of nuclear weapons, and generally lays the foundation for building a new Eurasian security system,” TASS quoted Rudenko as saying..

The two leaders signed the document in June, when Putin visited Pyongyang and met with Kim Jong Un. During a conversation with the North Korean leader, the Russian president then called the treaty “a fundamental document that will form the basis of our relations for the long term.”

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