Łukašenka invites Kim Jong Un to visit Belarus

March 27, Pozirk. Alaksandar Łukašenka invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Belarus following talks in Pyongyang, Natalla Ejsmant, Belarusian ruler’s spokeswoman, has told Russia’s TASS.
Łukašenka’s two-day visit to North Korea “exceeded all expectations,” she said, adding that Minsk would “always be happy” to host Kim Jong Un.
The Belarusian politician visited North Korea on March 25 and 26. Yesterday, Łukašenka and Kim Jong Un signed a bilateral treaty on friendship and cooperation.
The document reportedly sets out the goals and defines the institutional framework for cooperation.
North Korea is a totalitarian state under a strict cult of personality and also under UN Security Council sanctions over its nuclear program. Since its foundation in 1948, the power has been handed over from father to son – from Kim Il Sung to Kim Jong Il to Kim Jong Un.
Minsk has sought top-level contacts with North Korea for the last two years. Earlier this year, Łukašenka congratulated Kim Jong Un on his re-election as leader of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK).
Last September, the Belarusian ruler met Kim in Beijing, where both attended a military parade, during which the North Korean leader extended the invitation for the visit.
Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ryžankoŭ visited North Korea in July 2024 after a Belarusian government delegation participated in the third meeting of the bilateral intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation in North Korea.
Last year, Kim congratulated Łukašenka on extending his 30-year-long rule in Belarus.
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