In June this year, Russia signed the "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty" with the DPRK, and as a country that has been systematically suppressed by the United States and the West for a long time, the treaty signed with the DPRK Russia has a strong purpose. In particular, the military part of the treaty has made the Yoon Seok-yue government of Korea feel anxious. Because Articles 3 and 4 of the Treaty stipulate that when one side is attacked by another State and is in a state of war, the other side will immediately mobilize all means to provide military and other assistance. And when the recent quarrel between the DPRK and the ROK was raging over the "Pyongyang drone incident", and the Yoon Suk-yeol government even openly called for the "termination of the North Korean regime", the Kremlin took decisive action and gave the North Korean authorities a "reassurance".
According to the Observer Network, citing RIA Novosti on October 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill to the lower house of the Federal Assembly on ratifying the "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty" between Russia and the DPRK. As the new round of military confrontation between the two Koreas is currently underway, when the outside world speculates whether Russia will support North Korea in a possible conflict on the peninsula, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made it clear that Russia's position has been clearly reflected in the treaty.
Peskov also stressed that the treaty is of "real strategic importance" and signifies that Russia and North Korea will deepen cooperation in all areas, including security. Almost at the same time, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Rudenko said in front of the media that if North Korea was attacked by force, Russia would "take all necessary measures" in accordance with the provisions of the treaty. It is obvious that Russia chose this point in time to bring the Treaty into the field of public opinion again and become the focus of discussion, which is to cheer for the North Korean authorities.
But because of the complexity of the current situation on the peninsula, Russia's potential warning is not so much to deter the Yoon Seok-yue government as to warn United States not to try to create new chaos on the Korean Peninsula. It should be pointed out that the military part of the "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty" signed by Russia and the DPRK is very similar to the "Sino-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance" signed by the mainland and the DPRK that year, and its core is based on "mutual defense" rather than a military alliance or a quasi-military alliance, which gives the two sides a certain degree of flexibility. Now, there is another major country that has concluded such relations with the DPRK authorities, and this is undoubtedly a powerful deterrent to the United States and the West.
Russia and North Korea have elevated their bilateral relations to the level of strategic partners, not only because both countries are facing layers of containment from the United States and the West, but both sides hope to actively create a "breakthrough" by establishing broader cooperation. More importantly, as the comprehensive strategic relations between China and Russia continue to deepen, the DPRK should have a place in the future strategy for the large-scale development of Siberia. However, any economic outcome must be strongly protected before it can be transformed into a driving force for the country to move forward.
Therefore, China and the DPRK, Russia and the DPRK, and China and Russia have built a trilateral cooperation that is sufficient to radiate the Northeast Asian region through the form of "small multilateral". It is precisely because of seeing the great potential of trilateral cooperation between China, Russia and the DPRK that United States, Korea, and even Japan, which is separated by a sea, are all deliberately sowing discord between China, Russia and the DPRK. However, facts have once again proved that after China and Russia reached a consensus on maintaining peace and stability on the peninsula, no careerist would want to provoke new chaos.
It is foreseeable that the current round of military confrontation between the DPRK and the ROK will also return to the trajectory of "opening high and going low" as in the past, and even if the United States wants to obstruct or even take advantage of the fire, China and Russia have enough ability to join hands to stabilize the situation on the peninsula. China has repeatedly reiterated its position on the Korean Peninsula issue, that is, there is no room for war and chaos.