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In a <\/span>May 25 interview<\/span><\/a> with Russia\u2019s state news agency RIA Novosti (RIA), Aleksandr Ivanovich Matsegora, the Russian ambassador to Pyongyang, revealed that his country resumed its goods exports to North Korea in November last year, \u201cnot just on a one-time, but on a regular basis.\u201d According to him, in the first quarter of 2023, a total of 13,223 tons of goods were transported from Russia to the DPRK through the Khasan\/Tumangan border, including 4,946 tons of <\/span>wheat flour<\/span><\/a> and 4,309 tons of corn.<\/span><\/p>\n

Matsegora also claimed that Russia directly supplies the DPRK with vegetable oil, confectionery and petroleum products as well as horses, while construction materials come in transit via China. At present, he said he was hopeful that \u201cthe transportation of Russian goods \u2013 mainly coal \u2013 to be transshipped at Rajin port will begin soon,\u201d adding that the two countries were \u201ccurrently actively discussing the issue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

However, bilateral trade with North Korea was still very limited due to the \u201cdire consequences\u201d of the sanctions imposed on the regime by the United Nations (UN) Security Council, Matsegora told RIA. \u201cThey destroyed the settlement system, made it very difficult to deliver goods by sea and severely restricted the range of goods allowed for export to and import from North Korea.\u201d Still, the Russian government is looking for ways to increase trade despite the UN-imposed embargoes, he said. \u201cThe most important step is to establish a settlement system in rubles, and we are working on that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, the two countries have reportedly agreed on passenger air service between Pyongyang and Vladivostok, which the Russian ambassador announced will resume \u201cimmediately after the opening of the borders\u201d and the resulting \u201cdevelopment of tourism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

North Korea, on the other hand, also appears eager to accelerate its trade with the Russian Federation. On May 28, Foreign Trade, a North Korean propaganda magazine, <\/span>published<\/span><\/a> an article praising the Rason Special Economic Zone on the Tumen River, which is a base of North Korean-Russian trade. It was referred to as a \u201cGolden Triangle\u201d and stated that \u201c35 contractual and joint venture companies as well as foreign-owned and foreign-invested enterprises are conducting economic and trade activities in the region.\u201d Economic cooperation and development in the fields of transportation, maritime and garment processing were reportedly \u201cflourishing\u201d \u2013 also thanks to the \u201cRajin Port Pier No. 3,\u201d a structure jointly built by North Korea and Russia in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russian ambassador: The North needs to defend itself from the West<\/b><\/p>\n

Matsegora also elaborated on the state of North Korea\u2019s military development, claiming that the regime has developed \u201can almost complete range of ballistic and cruise missiles\u201d over the past decade, including nuclear and thermonuclear warheads, underwater-launched ballistic and cruise missiles, and unmanned underwater vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the diplomat, however, the weapons are intended by the North Korean regime only for self-defense purposes in the face of hostile US policy. \u201cThe situation here has escalated recently due to the aggressive policy of Washington, which is moving strategic offensive weapons to the peninsula\u2019s south and conducting continuous exercises together with South Korean troops,\u201d he said, referring to the \u201cWashington Declaration\u201d \u2013 a joint nuclear deterrence deal which US President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol adopted on April 26.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those \u201cmilitary games\u201d by the West were intended to \u201cdestroy the DPRK\u2019s leadership, conquer its territory, and eliminate its political system,\u201d thereby forcing Kim Jong Un\u2019s regime \u201cto take measures to defend itself and be fully prepared to resist aggression from a strong and dangerous enemy,\u201d Matsegora told RIA. \u201cOf course, the North Koreans are not going to attack the United States, Japan or South Korea, invade those countries or change their political order. They just want to be left alone. But they\u2019re also not going to let anyone hurt them.\u201d Therefore, \u201cin such a difficult \u2013 in fact pre-war \u2013 situation, the accumulated arsenals of weapons may be needed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Still, Russia harbors hopes that a hot war will not occur in the near future, according to the diplomat. \u201cIn the past decades, we have experienced several major and a dozen \u2018moderate\u2019 crises here. Each of them, without exception, ended in d\u00e9tente. I think that will be the case this time as well.\u201d The Russian Embassy in Pyongyang is thus set on continuing its work \u2013 \u201cno matter how difficult and dangerous\u201d it is. \u201cFor the most extreme circumstances, we have a shelter,\u201d Matsegora said. \u201cI hope we won\u2019t need it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia and North Korea appear to be moving ever closer together<\/b><\/p>\n

In today\u2019s world, the Russian ambassador counted North Korea among his country\u2019s closest allies. \u201cUnlike many others,\u201d he explained, the North Korean regime does not hesitate to criticize the United States for its \u201cattempts to maintain a unipolar world order in which it itself plays the leading role while suppressing adversaries \u2013 especially Russia.\u201d Therefore, the solidarity with Russia shown by its \u201cKorean friends on international platforms is very valuable,\u201d Matsegora told RIA. \u201cWe are very grateful to them for that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Moscow and Pyongyang have recently started a process of re-establishing an alliance that existed during the Cold War but has repeatedly faltered since the demise of the Soviet Union. The two regimes, outlawed by the West, are both apparently banking on the benefits that a good \u201cpartnership\u201d could offer them, and are currently on correspondingly <\/span>friendly terms<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Kremlin\u2019s economic and diplomatic alienation of the international community since its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, provides Pyongyang with the opportunity to win over Russia as a favorable trading partner and powerful supporter in the UN Security Council, with whose help they can avoid further sanctions. Russia, in turn, gets in North Korea an open supporter of its war and a grateful buyer of its goods. The relationship between the two countries is also based on a common enemy \u2013 the United States \u2013 and the shared goal of permanently undermining US influence in the Asian periphery.<\/span><\/p>\n

Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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