00:59The signed Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between Russia and the DPRK, which provides for military assistance in case of aggression against one of the participants, is not new, it extends the previous agreement, Russian President Vladimir Putin said while speaking to the press in Hanoi on Thursday.
"I would like to draw attention to the following thing. This agreement is not new. We signed this agreement because the old one is no longer valid. And our previous document, as far as I remember, signed in 1962, was the same. There is nothing new. Certainly, it looks particularly acute in the current circumstances, but nevertheless, we have changed almost nothing," the head of state emphasised.
On Wednesday, Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed a treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership between the countries, which provides for assistance in the event of an attack by third countries.
"If one of the two sides is in a state of war due to an armed invasion by a single state or several states, the other side shall immediately use all means at its disposal in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations and the laws of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation and provide military and other assistance," the document says.
Earlier, a similar clause was included in the 1961 treaty on friendship and mutual assistance between the USSR and the DPRK.
Putin arrived in Hanoi for a two-day visit on Wednesday at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong.
The agenda for the state visit also includes meetings with President To Lam and National Assembly Chair Tran Thanh Man.
The last time the Russian leader travelled to the republic was in 2017, when he attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Da Nang.
Earlier, Putin visited Pyongyang and held talks with DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) leader Kim Jong-un.
'Agreement is not new' - Putin says 'mutual defence' treaty with DPRK reflects decades-old commitments to each other
The signed Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between Russia and the DPRK, which provides for military assistance in case of aggression against one of the participants, is not new, it extends the previous agreement, Russian President Vladimir Putin said while speaking to the press in Hanoi on Thursday.
"I would like to draw attention to the following thing. This agreement is not new. We signed this agreement because the old one is no longer valid. And our previous document, as far as I remember, signed in 1962, was the same. There is nothing new. Certainly, it looks particularly acute in the current circumstances, but nevertheless, we have changed almost nothing," the head of state emphasised.
On Wednesday, Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed a treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership between the countries, which provides for assistance in the event of an attack by third countries.
"If one of the two sides is in a state of war due to an armed invasion by a single state or several states, the other side shall immediately use all means at its disposal in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations and the laws of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation and provide military and other assistance," the document says.
Earlier, a similar clause was included in the 1961 treaty on friendship and mutual assistance between the USSR and the DPRK.
Putin arrived in Hanoi for a two-day visit on Wednesday at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong.
The agenda for the state visit also includes meetings with President To Lam and National Assembly Chair Tran Thanh Man.
The last time the Russian leader travelled to the republic was in 2017, when he attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Da Nang.
Earlier, Putin visited Pyongyang and held talks with DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) leader Kim Jong-un.
The signed Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between Russia and the DPRK, which provides for military assistance in case of aggression against one of the participants, is not new, it extends the previous agreement, Russian President Vladimir Putin said while speaking to the press in Hanoi on Thursday.
"I would like to draw attention to the following thing. This agreement is not new. We signed this agreement because the old one is no longer valid. And our previous document, as far as I remember, signed in 1962, was the same. There is nothing new. Certainly, it looks particularly acute in the current circumstances, but nevertheless, we have changed almost nothing," the head of state emphasised.
On Wednesday, Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed a treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership between the countries, which provides for assistance in the event of an attack by third countries.
"If one of the two sides is in a state of war due to an armed invasion by a single state or several states, the other side shall immediately use all means at its disposal in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations and the laws of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation and provide military and other assistance," the document says.
Earlier, a similar clause was included in the 1961 treaty on friendship and mutual assistance between the USSR and the DPRK.
Putin arrived in Hanoi for a two-day visit on Wednesday at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong.
The agenda for the state visit also includes meetings with President To Lam and National Assembly Chair Tran Thanh Man.
The last time the Russian leader travelled to the republic was in 2017, when he attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Da Nang.
Earlier, Putin visited Pyongyang and held talks with DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) leader Kim Jong-un.