North Korea and Belarus sign friendship treaty on Lukashenko’s first visit

North Korea and Belarus’ strongmen leaders signed a “friendship and cooperation” treaty on Thursday after Kim Jong-un gave a lavish welcome to President Alexander Lukashenko on his maiden visit. Besides supporting Russia’s war against Ukraine - around 2,000 North Korean soldiers are thought to have died - both nations are under Western sanctions and are accused of gross human rights violations. The two men met last year in China. “In the modern realities of global transformation - at a time w...

By Agence France-Presse

North Korea, Belarus sign friendship treaty, KCNA says - The Straits Times

North Korea, Belarus sign friendship treaty, KCNA says  The Straits Times

N. Korea, Belarus hold summit, sign friendship treaty: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held summit talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Pyongyang and signed a treaty on friendship and cooperation, the North's state media reported Friday. Lukashenko, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, made a two-day official visit to North Korea on Wednesday and Thursday at the invitation of Kim. During the summit held Thursday, Lukashenko said Pyongyang-Minsk ties had been upgraded to a "new stage," while Kim expressed solidarity with th

By The Korea Herald