Russia’s defense minister proposed joint naval exercises between Russia, North Korea and China during a July meeting with the North Korean leader, the head of South Korea’s secret services said on Monday.
The director of the National Information Service (NIS) of South Korea, Kim Kyou-hyun, conveyed this information during a closed-door meeting with members of the parliamentary Information Committee, as stated later, at a press conference, by a deputy of the Game. of People’s Power (conservative), Yoo Sang-bum.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited North Korea on July 25-27 to attend ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the Korean War (1950-1953) armistice.
During the trip, the Russian defense chief met privately twice with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, with whom he visited an arms exhibition in Pyongyang and attended a military parade in the North Korean capital.
After the failure of the denuclearization dialogue process between North Korea and the United States, the North Korean regime has redoubled its efforts for a closer relationship with Moscow in a period of global polarization aggravated by the war in Ukraine and as Washington seeks to establish a front common in this Asian region with Seoul and Tokyo.
Referring to the launch last week of two cruise missiles by Pyongyang, which the regime described as a tactical nuclear drill, the head of South Korea’s secret services said that only one of the devices achieved the results sought by North Korea when it hit. . a simulated object.
Kim Kyou-hyun also informed the deputies about an alleged order from Pyongyang to “anti-state” cells active in the south of the peninsula to help promote protest movements against the eviction to the Pacific Ocean, ordered by the Japanese government. of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
The release of water from Fukushima has raised concerns in Pacific countries, prompting protests in South Korea and leading China to restrict imports of some food products from Japan.
Source: TSF
