Kim Jong Un Hails ‘New Level’ of Partnership With Putin Amid Russian Minister Visit [Video]

Kim Jong Un has celebrated a new era of cooperation between North Korea and Russia, amid a visit to the country by a member of Vladimir Putin’s administration.

North Korean state media reported on a meeting between Kim and Russia’s resource minister, Alexander Kozlov, on Tuesday. According to the Pyongyang Times, the North Korean leader expressed to Kozlov his appreciation that “bilateral solidarity and cooperation has been growing closer and more intense in different fields since the conclusion of a new treaty between the two countries.”

Over the past few weeks, both countries’ leaders ratified the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, a document outlining expanded opportunities for collaboration in the realms of trade and security between the two isolated nations.

The treaty, unveiled during Putin’s visit to Pyongyang in June, includes a promise to provide mutual military assistance using “all means” available in the event that either of them is attacked.