North Korea and Russia Hold 3rd Strategic Dialogue, Agree to Accelerate Multi-faceted Cooperation

The foreign ministers of North Korea and Russia held their third strategic dialogue in Russia and agreed to accelerate the multi-faceted strengthening and development of bilateral relations for a long-term future.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported the results in the form of a communique, stating that North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held the third strategic dialogue in Moscow on the 20th.
The two sides engaged in strategic communication regarding the implementation of the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, plans for high-level exchanges and multi-faceted cooperation, and diplomatic coordination on major international issues, reaching a consensus on all matters, the report said.
The two countries shared the view that the comradely relationship between their heads of state serves as the most powerful driving force ensuring the stability and future-oriented nature of North Korea-Russia relations.
They reaffirmed their unwavering political will to accelerate the multi-faceted strengthening and development of bilateral relations for a long-term future, regardless of changes in the situation.
The Russian side expressed its full support for all efforts and measures taken by North Korea to safeguard its sovereign rights and security interests, stating that it opposes any hostile acts that severely threaten the current status and development rights of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
The North Korean side expressed its unwavering support for all of Russia's domestic and foreign policies aimed at eliminating the root causes of the conflict in Ukraine and defending its national sovereignty, territorial integrity, and international justice against imperialist hegemonic maneuvers.
The two sides also agreed to continue exchanges of views between their foreign policy institutions at all levels, including ministerial-level strategic dialogues, to uphold the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and other international laws, which center on sovereign equality and non-interference in internal affairs, and to seek solutions to effectively respond to regional and global security challenges.
They assessed the third strategic dialogue as a significant occasion to further accelerate the comprehensive expansion and development of bilateral relations in accordance with the spirit of the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and to make a positive contribution to ensuring peace and security in the region and the world.
KCNA reported that Foreign Minister Choe met with President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on the 19th, one day before the strategic dialogue was held.
On the 20th, Choe laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin, with a ribbon inscribed with the words "To the Unknown Soldiers," and observed a moment of silence.
This marks Foreign Minister Choe's first visit to Russia in approximately nine months, since October of last year.
(Photo: Korean Central News Agency, Yonhap News)
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