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Posted on 07/12/2025 8:19:27 AM PDT by McGruff
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov flew to North Korea’s eastern Wonsan city on Friday for a meeting with his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui.
Relations between Russia and North Korea have been flourishing in recent years, with North Korea supplying troops and ammunitions to support Russia’s war against Ukraine in return for military and economic assistance. That has raised concerns among South Korea, the U.S. and others that Russia might also transfer to North Korea sensitive technologies that can increase the danger of its nuclear and missile programs.
After a meeting with Choe on Saturday, Lavrov accused the U.S., South Korea and Japan of what he called their military buildups around North Korea.
“We warn against exploiting these ties to build alliances directed against anyone, including North Korea and, of course, Russia,” he told reporters, according to Russia’s state Tass news agency.
The U.S., South Korea and Japan have been expanding or restoring their trilateral military exercises in response to North Korea’s advancing nuclear program. On Friday, the three countries held a joint air drill involving U.S. nuclear-capable bombers near the Korean Peninsula, as their top military officers met in Seoul and urged North Korea to cease all unlawful activities that threaten regional security.
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Russia should worry about China. A depleted military is dangerous.
The only correct response is to IMMEDIATELY form a security alliance targeting N. Korea.
And the ask: “Is there anything else you want to direct us not to do?”
Why would Russia do this?
As payback for the soldiers Kim sent to die in Ukraine.
Nobody wants to invade North Korea, especially China and South Korea, for the simple reason that it would create a nightmare for both countries as millions of Nork refugees would pour over their borders.
Aren’t they about 70 years late with this complaint?
“The only correct response is to IMMEDIATELY form a security alliance targeting N. Korea.”
It basically already exists.
Teched a nerb , eh?
In 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin accidentally revealed that only 12 million people live east of the Urals in Siberia and Asian Russia – not 27 million, as previously claimed.
https://t.me/wind_sower/5450
Very well said.
When did a defense alliance become something “against” someone?
Lavrov, the ministry said, also thanked North Korea for the troops it had sent to Russia.
Relations between the two countries deepened during the conflict in Ukraine. Thousands of North Korean troops were deployed during the months-long campaign to oust Ukrainian forces from Russia's Kursk region, while Pyongyang has also supplied Russia with munitions.
"We exchanged views on the situation surrounding the Ukrainian crisis ... Our Korean friends confirmed their firm support for all the objectives of the special military operation, as well as for the actions of the Russian leadership and armed forces," TASS quoted Lavrov as saying.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/russian-foreign-minister-arrives-north-korea-kcna-says-2025-07-11/?rpc=401&
Russia has no place meddling in U.S., EU, or NATO policy.
Putin would do better to focus on his own people — millions of Russian citizens struggling with poverty, collapsing infrastructure, and an overwhelmed healthcare system.
Charity begins at home. Maybe it’s time the Kremlin remembered that.
Russia is using troops from commie North Korea, gets subsidies from commie China, gets weapons from Islamo IRAN...
... and now Russia complains that the West is reacting!? Putin has a mentality of a child apparently.
They're trying desperately to remain relevant.
Stuff it, Russia.
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Always. There must be a threat, at least theoretical, against which one must defend. The alliance constitutes a planned response to an attack from that (theoretical) threat.
If we could only get all the internet warmongers on this thread to actually fight we surely could defeat Russia,China, North Korea,...
Good question.
Still waiting for NATO to tell us when that happened.
In WWII, Russia got lend lease from the U.S. Now, in the Ukraine war, Russia gets lend lease from North Korea.
Good luck with that, Jack.
My guess is 1956 when NATO invaded Hungary, or 1968 when NATO invaded Czechoslovakia. Or, 1961 when NATO put nuclear missiles in Cuba, or when NATO sponsored international terrorists like Che Guevara and The Jackal. If NATO wasn’t trying to spread international communism all around the world, then there wouldn’t be much of a reason to defend against NATO.
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