The Washington Post reported that President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Putin for the first time since the U.S. presidential election.
Reminding us of the presence of a considerable number of U.S. troops in Europe, he advised us not to "expand the war in Ukraine."
These conversations came during the discussion of peace in Europe and the resolution of the Russia-Ukraine war.
What is Trump's intention?
[Kim Yeol-soo / Director of Security Strategy at the Korea Institute for Military Studies] (President-elect Trump) seems to have called President Putin and told him not to expand further because such negotiations would be difficult if there is an escalation now. And from President Putin's point of view, Trump said that what he said was really worth thinking about and that we could meet before he (Trump) took office, so I think Trump also talked about it and Putin accepted it.]
In the midst of this, North Korea, which is the first to send large-scale overseas troops, is further solidifying military cooperation with Russia.
According to Reuters, President Putin signed a law on ratification of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty with North Korea on the 9th local time.
It has not yet been announced whether Chairman Kim Jong-un will sign it, but it seems that it is about to take effect.
When a treaty is signed, there is something that comes and goes with each other.
What does Kim Jong-un want in return for the dispatch?
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Kim Jong-un will expect military and technological support from Russia.
This is why there are concerns that the ratification of the North Korea-Russia treaty will be of great help to North Korea's nuclear technology capabilities.
[Kim Yeol-soo / Director of Security Strategy at the Korea Institute for Military Studies] I think Kim Jong-un will also ratify it here soon. And then the de facto North Korea and Russia enter into an alliance and thereby provide a legal basis for mutual aid and dispatch to each other in case of emergency. (Russia) can provide nuclear technology to North Korea, and that is technology related to ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missiles). So, in the end, developing nuclear technology is a multi-warhead technology and re-entry technology, but I think it means nuclear technology related to ICBM because it is fundamentally developing with the United States in mind.]
Trump, who said he would stop the war within 24 hours if he became president, has no specific plan yet.
Attention is focusing on whether January 20, the inauguration day of the next U.S. president, can be an inflection point for the Russia-Ukra war.
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