Strategic cooperation between Russia and the DPRK is neither unusual nor extraordinary, despite Western attempts to demonize it. Those committed to peaceful interaction with Moscow have nothing to worry about, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a briefing.
“We have repeatedly commented on the agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and the DPRK, perhaps even more often than we should, since there is nothing unusual or extraordinary in the fact that the two states, as I said today, are neighbors. . Good neighbors, with a history of relationships, agree on the basis of interaction in various areas, including those related to their own security. Why might this seem strange to the West? Because the West demonized both our country and the DPRK with all its might. Probably yes, it seems strange to them. For those who are only mainstream Western consumers, perhaps. But if we talk about reality, there is nothing incomprehensible in this.” – pointed out the diplomat.
He stressed that the tasks contained in this document will be carried out within the framework outlined there.
“For those who are committed to peaceful and mutually beneficial cooperation with Russia, it seems to me that there is nothing to worry about. For those who still cherish the dream of inflicting on our country a strategic defeat, some kind of damage, or whatever else we were promised here, who are once again overwhelmed by thoughts and dreams of destroying us elsewhere, then, yes, Le We strongly recommend that you abandon these absolutely unnatural and meaningless desires. Stop all threatening actions, change the rhetoric a little, or maybe not even a little. Because we will always give a proportionate response to all this, aggressive and destructive.” – added Zakharova.
He also noted that international sanctions against North Korea have failed.
“If we talk about the goal of resolving complex issues around the Korean Peninsula, the sanctions have failed. They did not work at any time, they did not lead to any result of the set objective. Furthermore, we now see two things: the situation has worsened, and secondly, we see that there is a fundamental cause for this aggravation, these complex problems around the Korean Peninsula, and, as we have repeatedly emphasized, it comes from outside. In addition to everything else, these sanctions have become a blunt instrument of the anti-Pyongyang line of Washington and its allies, not to mention a strong humanitarian projection. – summarized the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, quoted by TASS.
