№ 2, 2024. We’ve heard the gossip that Russia and the DPRK are negotiating security guarantees from Moscow for Pyongyang

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We’ve heard the gossip that Russia and the DPRK are negotiating security guarantees from Moscow for Pyongyang.

If so, then the matter is serious. Even more serious than it seemed until the landmark visit of Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergey Naryshkin to Pyongyang. Why not? Over the past two years, the DPRK has proven itself to be a friend. A friend in need is a friend indeed. Russia and the DPRK coordinate their positions in the Special Military Operation… and in voting at the UN. And we really need to strengthen our relationships with deeds, not with words. However, what exactly to do is already the prerogative of the top Russian leadership. After all, it is said that President Putin will visit the DPRK shortly after his inauguration. Well, we do not know that. We just heard that he would be preparing to visit Mongolia in August… But the distance from Mongolia to the DPRK is close. Here is Eurasia, and there is Eurasia. On the way.

Read on the topic:

1. Khrustalev V. North Korea’s Nuclear Missile Problem: What is to Be Done? // Russia Confidential. 2017. Vol. 16. № 3 (243). – 8 p. URL: https://pircenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Russia-Confidential-2017-N03-ENG.pdf
2. Lankov Andrey. The DPRK nuclear program: a strategic deadlock? // Security Index. 2015. Vol. 21. № 2 (113). P. 113-120. URL: https://pircenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2015-%D0%98%D0%9D%D0%94%D0%95%D0%9A%D0%A1-%D0%91%D0%95%D0%97%D0%9E%D0%9F%D0%90%D0%A1%D0%9D%D0%9E%D0%A1%D0%A2%D0%98-%E2%84%96-3-114-%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC-21.pdf
3. New Nuclear Nine? Assessing Nuclear Proliferation Threats in the World // Ed. by V.A. Orlov, S.D. Semenov. M.: PIR Press, 2023. – 236 p. URL: https://pircenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/23-01-26-NINE-2nd-edition.pdf.
4. Vorontsov Alexander. Situation on the Korean Peninsula: opportunities for New U.S. Administration and Russian interests. // Russia Confidential. 2017. Vol. 16. № 1 (241). – 7 p.  https://pircenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Russia-Confidential-2017-N01-ENG.pdf

Key words: DPRK; Nuclear Nonproliferation

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E16/MIN – 24/04/25