Axis of Defiance: North Korean Belligerence Gets a Putin Boost
Ambassador Vishnu Prakash
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Ambassador Vishnu Prakash
Ex Envoy / Amb to Canada & South Korea, Foreign Office Spokesman: NOW Foreign affairs analyst/author/speaker/TV panelist
President Putin's rare visit to North Korea was prompted by necessity and adversity.
Embroiled in the Ukraine war, and running short of munitions, Moscow suddenly rediscovered the utility of North Korea its highly militarised tiny neighbour.
Both nations are under American sanctions. As their ties with the West are unlikely to improve anytime soon, the Moscow-Pyongyang bonhomie, even if transactional, is likely to endure.