The recently signed treaty between Russia and North Korea, which comes with closer military cooperation, is a source of concern to NATO and its allies.
Having accused North Korea of providing Russia with military aid—a claim denied both by Pyongyang and Moscow—it is certain that the West will be keeping a steady watch on an upcoming meeting.
Russia played on long-established trade ties with Algiers and the historic memory of the nation’s independence struggle against France as it entrenched military cooperation with Algeria last week.
Ukraine, Shoigu noted, was “a clear demonstration” of the monopolistic U.S.’ “criminal policy,” which served to “inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, and threaten China.”
Given the steps taken by the U.S. and its allies in ‘China-proofing’ the Asian-Pacific region, a scenario of open conflict with the regional behemoth edges ever closer.
