N.Korea holds anti-US rally ahead of war anniversary; Russia does not rule out supplying arms to North Korea _ Putin
North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun has reported Friday that workers in North Korea have held an anti-US rally ahead of the 74th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.
The Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950 and according to the report, the gathering took place the previous day in South Hwanghae Province in the country’s southwest.
The newspaper described the anti-US event as a “rally to resolve to take revenge.”
The workers pledged to fulfill their mission to further strengthen the country’s self-defense and deterrence capabilities to punish the United State and its followers.
They also expressed their resolve to boost the production of military supplies and contribute to enhancing the country’s military power.
Pyongyang announced in April that it established a new military firm. The country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, visited key arms factories in May and instructed operators to accelerate their weapons production.
The state-run Korean Central Television on Friday aired footage of the Wednesday meeting between Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was visiting North Korea for the first time in 24 years.
The two leaders signed a treaty that pledges mutual military assistance between the North and Russia.
As a fall out of the treaty signed between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday in Pyongyang, Putin has said he does not rule out the possibility of supplying weapons to North Korea when he takes agreements between Moscow and Pyongyang into account.
Its text made public by North Korea says the two countries will provide mutual military assistance if one of them is put in a state of war by an armed invasion.
Putin who spoke at a news conference in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, which he visited following his trip to North Korea, affirmed as well that Russia reserves the right to supply weapons to other parts of the world, including North Korea.
There is concern though that such cooperation with Russia may encourage Pyongyang to ramp up its military activities. Countries concerned are on heightened alert.
