Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Pyongyang has supported Moscow, his main ally to the UN Security Council.
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Eager to strengthen its links with Russia, North Korea maintains its decision to recognize the independence of the popular republics of Donetsk and Louhansk and castigates the decision, taken by kyiv as a retaliation, to end their diplomatic relations.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (RPDC, official name of the North) deplored on Friday July 15, the alignment of Ukraine “on hostile, unreasonable and illegal politics of the United States” to her and denied him the right to oppose a “legitimate exercise of sovereignty”.
Announced on July 14 by the North Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs, Choe Sou-Hui, the recognition of the two separatist regions of eastern Ukraine was accompanied by the wish “to develop state relations”.
kyiv had immediately reacted by qualifying the recognition of the territories “temporarily occupied by Russia” attempt to “undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine”. Ukraine had had diplomatic relations with RPDC since 1992.
Decision discussed since May
North Korea is the third country after Russia and Syria to recognize the two republics. The decision has been discussed since May and a meeting between the North Korean ambassador in Moscow, Sin Hong-Chul, and representatives of Donetsk and Louhansk. The diplomat had then praised the will to “intensify mutual cooperation” and proposed future “work contacts”.
“By recognizing only these two republics and not other self -proclaimed states supported by Russia, such as Southern Ossetia or Transnistria, North Korea testifies to its desire to exploit the news questions More sensitive to strengthen its links with Russia, “explains the specialized site NK News Antony Rinna, from the Sino-Nk Research Center.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Pyongyang has supported Moscow, who, for his part, regularly rejects UN decisions targeting North Korea. The RPDC opposed the resolution of the UN General Assembly condemning the offensive. She sees in this conflict an opposition not between Russia and Ukraine but between Russia and Western countries, including her American enemy.
joint exercises
Pyongyang recognition of the independence of the separatist republics occurs while tensions go up in the Korean peninsula. Pyongyang would have completed the preparations for a seventh nuclear test and the Armed Forces of the South Korean and American air proceeded from July 10 to 14 to joint exercises with F-35 stealth aircraft. American F-35 had not been deployed in the south since December 2017, when they had participated in the vigilant exercise Ace against the backdrop of tensions after the sixth nuclear test in North Korea in September 2017.
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