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South Korea issues furious response to Vladimir Putin's deal with North Korea
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The Russian president and Kim Jong Un signed an agreement on Wednesday that includes a vow to aid each other in the event of war.
International concern has grown over an arrangement in which North Korea provides Russia with badly needed munitions in exchange for economic aid and technology transfers that could enhance its nuclear weapons and missile programmes.
North Korea’s leader, Mr Kim, said the “fiery friendship” between his country and Russia was now even closer than during Soviet times, and promised “full support and solidarity to the Russian government, army and people in carrying out the special military operation in Ukraine to protect sovereignty, security interests and territorial integrity”.
But it also says that such actions must be in accordance with the laws of both countries and Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, which recognises a UN member state’s right to self-defence.
Meanwhile, Mr Putin is continuing his foreign trip, visiting Vietnam on Thursday, where he signed a series of deals with his Vietnamese counterpart, To Lam.
Following the talks, Mr Putin said the two countries shared an interest in “developing a reliable security architecture” in the Asia-Pacific region based on not using force and peacefully settling disputes with no room for “closed military-political blocs”.
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