Belarusian Leader in Pyongyang as Lukashenko and Kim Jong Un Seal New Pact
TL;DR
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visited North Korea, where he was greeted by Kim Jong Un and the two leaders signed a friendship and cooperation treaty, underscoring closer Moscow-aligned ties as both nations back Russia’s war in Ukraine despite Western sanctions and rights concerns.
- Belarus's Lukashenko greeted by Kim Jong Un on first visit to North Korea France 24
- North Korea’s Kim meets Lukashenko, slams ‘pressure on Belarus from West’ Al Jazeera
- Belarusian leader seals friendship treaty with North Korea's Kim, gives him a gun Reuters
- North Korea and Belarus sign ‘friendship and cooperation’ treaty The Guardian
- President of Belarus visits Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, signing friendship treaty NBC News
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