{"id":683521,"date":"2026-03-26T16:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/683521\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:36:12","slug":"lukashenko-and-kim-jong-un-sign-friendship-treaty-in-pyongyang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/683521\/","title":{"rendered":"Lukashenko and Kim Jong Un sign friendship treaty in Pyongyang"},"content":{"rendered":"

Belarus\u2019 President Alexander Lukashenko<\/a> and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un<\/a> held talks in North Korea\u2019s capital on Thursday and signed a friendship and cooperation treaty.<\/p>\n

Lukashenko, who was in Pyongyang on a two-day official visit,<\/a> hailed the document as \u201cfundamental,\u201d and said that relations between the two countries are \u201centering a new stage,\u201d according to his press service.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, we didn\u2019t have close cooperation, largely due to our own fault. But I am sincerely pleased to note that cooperation has now significantly intensified,\u201d Lukashenko said.<\/p>\n

Belarusian and North Korean officials also signed a number of other agreements and memorandums on cooperation in specific areas, such as education, healthcare, agriculture, and others. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn today\u2019s reality of a global transformation, when the global powers openly ignore and violate international law, independent countries need to cooperate more closely, consolidate efforts aimed at protecting their sovereignty and improving the well-being of our citizens,\u201d Lukashenko said.<\/p>\n

Lukashenko\u2019s press service quoted Kim expressing \u201csolidarity and full support\u201d for Belarus and speaking out \u201cagainst unlawful pressure on Belarus from the West.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lukashenko also attended a concert together with Kim, and a formal reception hosted by the North Korean leader. <\/p>\n

The two leaders exchanged gifts as well. Kim presented Lukashenko with a sword and a large vase bearing the image of the Belarusian leader, while Lukashenko gave Kim an assault rifle manufactured in Belarus, among other things. \u201cJust in case enemies show up,\u201d Lukashenko said.<\/p>\n

Belarus is a close ally of Russia. Lukashenko allowed Moscow to use Belarusian territory as a staging ground for the Kremlin\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and later authorized the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.<\/p>\n

Kim has also tilted his foreign policy toward Moscow<\/a> in recent years, sending thousands of troops and large quantities of weapons to support Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s war in Ukraine while portraying the North as part of a united front against Washington.<\/p>\n

Lukashenko and Kim last met in September 2025 in Beijing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 President Alexander Lukashenko and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks in North Korea\u2019s capital on…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":683522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[70221,13214,25818,119186,57,3464,24529,50,24240,3659,80,41351,274,103,107],"class_list":["post-683521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-alexander-lukashenko","tag-asia-pacific","tag-belarus","tag-belarus-government","tag-general-news","tag-international-agreements","tag-kim-jong-un","tag-news","tag-north-korea","tag-north-korea-government","tag-politics","tag-pyongyang","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-world","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116296455921915165","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}