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The two sides [Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Russia] agreed to "promote and enhance friendly relations" in line with the joint declaration of July 19, 2000 and the Russia-DPRK friendship and good neighborly cooperation treaty of February 9, 2000.

Putin and Kim agreed during their talks to promote a Russian- DPRK political dialogue on the Korean issue and international affairs, and discussed many topical international problems, deputy head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Prikhodko told reporters following the talks.

The two leaders spoke for an independent and peaceful solution to the issue of reunification of the Korean Peninsula, and against "any outside obstacles to this process" as "unacceptable."

http://www.china.org.cn/english/2001/Aug/17008.htm

[eleni121]

The US has signed treaties and friendship agreements with more tyrants than can be imagined. It happens all the time as a matter of course and politics at its worst. Should this change? Yes I think so. Should the US stop paving the way for corporations to spread their tentacles everywhere esp when those tentacles are amoral? I think so. But don’t go pointing any fingers unless you clean up here first.

Russia has been taking care of their islamic fundie problem far better and for far longer than we have. we need to learn from them and ally ourselves with them.