Russia pushes North Korea to participate in ‘three-way war exercises with China’

Vladimir Putin‘s government suggested having joint naval exercises with Russia, China, and North Korea.

Russia and North Korea’s relationship has gotten stronger since Russia invaded Ukraine, but they have not yet done military exercises together.

There was talk that this could happen after Russia’s ambassador to Pyeongyang said to Russian media last week that joint exercises ‘seem right’.

A member of parliament from South Korea who was at a private meeting with the country’s spy agency mentioned that the topic was brought up.

The head of the agency, Kim Kyou-hyun, reportedly said that the Russian defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, probably suggested doing group navy exercises involving three countries during a meeting with Kim Jong-un in July.

On Monday, Shoigu spoke to reporters and said that Russia was thinking about doing the exercises, but he didn’t say whether he had suggested them or not.

He said: ‘We talk about this with everyone, even North Korea. Why not These people live next to us. Of course, we are talking about it.
‘We are currently doing exercises with our Chinese colleagues, and we are also doing patrols together with strategic bombers from our naval units. ‘

In July, there was a visit to remember and celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean war.

At that time, Shoigu promised to make the military relationship with North Korea stronger because they have a border and have worked together in the past.

He also went with an important Chinese Communist Party member to a military parade in North Korea.
It was seen as a demonstration that Russia and China are working together in their military activities. This comes after many reports that China is worried about the war in Ukraine.

According to recent reports from US intelligence, Putin himself has sent a letter to Kim Jong-un, requesting more weapons to be used against Ukraine.