North Korea and Belarus Pledge to Strengthen Ties Across All Sectors

(The Post News) – North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui held a meeting with Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov in Minsk this week to deepen cooperation along political, economic, and humanitarian lines, marking closer ties between two of Russia’s closest allies.

During her official visit on Oct. 28 to 30, Choe and Ryzhenkov inked a plan on expanding cooperation “in all areas,” the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The two sides vowed to move forward with projects serving their common interests while underlining sovereignty, equality, and reciprocity.

Strengthening DPRK-Belarus Relations

North Korea’s KCNA said the talks focused on “developing DPRK-Belarus relations in a multifaceted manner” and on “defending common interests on the international stage.” Photos from Minsk showed Choe leading a nine-member North Korean delegation.

The ministers also reviewed a schedule for future high-level meetings that could pave the way for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s visit to Pyongyang. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un invited Lukashenko during their meeting in Beijing on Sept. 3.

While in Belarus, Choe spoke at the Third Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security and denounced the U.S.-Japan-South Korea military alliance for representing a “grave threat” to stability in East Asia. She reiterated that Pyongyang would continue to build up its self-defensive military capabilities to protect national sovereignty.

Honouring History and Deepening Alliance

Choe also visited the Victory Monument in Minsk, where he laid a wreath to commemorate the victims of World War II.

Belarus and North Korea have cemented closer ties in recent times over shared support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Ahead of his visit to Minsk, Choe had met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Within days, a Russian economic delegation headed by Natural Resources and Ecology Minister Alexander Kozlov flew to Pyongyang for follow-up talks, his second trip in a month.

The increasing number of diplomatic exchanges points to an emerging axis Moscow-Minsk-Pyongyang, with the three governments seeking deeper cooperation in response to Western sanctions and international isolation.

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