MOSCOW, Dec 5 (NNN-TASS) – The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty, between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Russia, came into force, after the ratification instruments of the treaty were exchanged in Moscow, yesterday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, today.
The treaty has an effect starting Dec 4, 2024, when the ratification instruments were exchanged, according to Article 22 of the treaty, and as a result, the treaty of friendship, good neighbourliness and cooperation the two countries concluded on Feb 9, 2000, became invalid, the KCNA report said.
The report called the new treaty “a legal framework for realising the far-reaching plan of the state leadership of the two countries, and the desire of the two peoples,” saying, it puts bilateral relations on a new strategic level.– NNN-TASS
