US House of Representatives Ratifies North Korea-Russia 'Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty'

The Russian State Duma ratified the "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty" (North Korea-Russia Treaty) with North Korea on the 24th (local time).

According to major foreign media, the Russian State Duma reviewed the ratification bill of the North Korea-Russia Treaty at the plenary session on the same day and passed it unanimously.

The ratified North Korea-Russia Treaty was signed in Pyongyang on June 19 by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who visited North Korea, and North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un. The treaty stipulates that if either party is subjected to armed invasion and enters a state of war, the other party will provide military support.

President Putin submitted the ratification bill to the State Duma on the 14th.

Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, during a visit to Rome, Italy, on the 23rd, told reporters, "There is evidence that DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) forces are in Russia," officially confirming the North Korean troop deployment to Russia, which was first raised earlier this month by local Ukrainian media. About two hours after Secretary Austin's remarks, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) also announced, "Allied countries have confirmed evidence of North Korea's troop deployment to Russia."

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