SEOUL – North Korean chief Kim Jong Un marked the nation’s founding anniversary with a parade of paramilitary teams and diplomatic exchanges through which he vowed to deepen ties with China and Russia.
Kim noticed the parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang and held talks with a visiting Chinese delegation, state media KCNA reported on Saturday.
The parade displayed rocket launchers hidden in supply vans and tractors towing troops and weapons, highlighting the militia’s position as guerrilla fighters in a struggle.
Chinese President Xi Jinping despatched a letter expressing his willingness to strengthen strategic communication and working-level cooperation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin additionally despatched a letter to Kim, saying the 2 international locations will increase bilateral ties to make sure safety and stability within the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia.
“Growing China-Russia-North Korea cooperation and Xi skipping the G20 Summit in India give the appearance of a widening fissure in Asia’s geopolitical landscape,” stated Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul.
“Most stakeholders in the region want to avoid a new Cold War, but this looks increasingly difficult as Beijing and Moscow prop up Pyongyang and North Korea aligns itself with China and Russia’s challenges to the international order.”
An annual two-day summit of the Group of 20 (G20) international locations kicks off on Saturday in New Delhi, India, which will probably be dominated by the West, with China’s Xi skipping it and Russia’s Putin additionally being absent.
Kim is predicted to journey to Russia this month to fulfill Putin to debate weapons provides to Moscow to assist its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
North Korea dietary supplements its already giant navy with numerous paramilitary, reserve, and safety teams such because the army-affiliated Worker-Peasant Red Guards (WPRG). —Reuters
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