Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a partnership that includes a vow of mutual aid if either country is attacked, during a Pyongyang summit on Wednesday that came as both face escalating standoffs with the west.It was not clear what kind of assistance the deal, described as a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�comprehensive strategic partnership,바카라 게임 웹사이트� would call for.Putin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s first visit to North Korea in 24 years comes amid growing concerns over an arms arrangement in which the country provides Moscow with badly needed munitions for its war in Ukraine in exchange for economic assistance and technology transfers that could enhance the threat posed by Kim바카라 게임 웹사이트�s nuclear weapons and missile program.Speaking after a signing ceremony, Putin said that security and international issues took up a large part of the talks with Kim, according to Russian state media. He was also quoted to say that Russia would not rule out developing military-technical cooperation with North Korea under the deal.Kim was quoted as saying that the agreement was of a peaceful and defensive nature. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I have no doubt it will become a driving force accelerating the creation of a new multipolar world," he was quoted to say. Russia and North Korea also signed agreements on cooperation in the fields of healthcare, medical education, and science, Russian state media reported, citing the Kremlin's website.Putin was met upon his nighttime arrival by Kim, who shook his hands, hugged him twice and rode with him from the airport in a limousine in a huge motorcade that rolled through the capital바카라 게임 웹사이트�s brightly illuminated streets, where buildings were decorated with giant Russian flags and portraits of Putin.After spending the rest of the night at a state guest house, Putin attended a lavish welcoming ceremony at the city바카라 게임 웹사이트�s main square, where he and Kim saluted an honor guard and walked across a red carpet. Kim then introduced key members of his leadership including Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui; top aide and ruling party secretary Jo Yong Won; and the leader바카라 게임 웹사이트�s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong.The square was filled with what appeared to be tens of thousands of spectators, including children holding balloons and people wearing coordinated t-shirts in the red, white and blue of the Russian and North Korean flags. Huge crowds lined up on the streets to greet Putin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s motorcade, chanting 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Welcome Putin바카라 게임 웹사이트� and waving flowers and North Korean and Russian flags.As the talks began, Putin thanked Kim for North Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s support for his war in Ukraine, part of what he said was a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�fight against the imperialist hegemonistic policies of the U.S. and its satellites against the Russian Federation.바카라 게임 웹사이트�He said the two planned to sign a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�new fundamental document (that) will form the basis of our ties for the long term," hailing ties that he traced back to the Soviet army fighting the Japanese military on the Korean Peninsula in the closing moments of World War II, and Moscow바카라 게임 웹사이트�s support for Pyongyang during the Korean War.Kim said Moscow and Pyongyang's 바카라 게임 웹사이트�fiery friendship바카라 게임 웹사이트� is now even closer than during Soviet times, and promised 바카라 게임 웹사이트�full support and solidarity to the Russian government, army and people in carrying out the special military operation in Ukraine to protect sovereignty, security interests and territorial integrity.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Kim has used similar language in the past, consistently saying North Korea supports what he describes as a just action to protect Russia바카라 게임 웹사이트�s interests and blaming the crisis on the U.S.-led West바카라 게임 웹사이트�s 바카라 게임 웹사이트�hegemonic policy.바카라 게임 웹사이트� It wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t immediately clear what that support might look like.North Korea is under heavy U.N. Security Council sanctions over its weapons program, while Russia also faces sanctions by the United States and its Western partners over its aggression in Ukraine.U.S. and South Korean officials accuse the North of providing Russia with artillery, missiles and other military equipment for use in Ukraine, possibly in return for key military technologies and aid. Both Pyongyang and Moscow deny accusations about North Korean weapons transfers, which would violate multiple U.N. Security Council sanctions that Russia previously endorsed.Along with China, Russia has provided political cover for Kim바카라 게임 웹사이트�s continuing efforts to advance his nuclear arsenal, repeatedly blocking U.S.-led efforts to impose fresh U.N. sanctions on the North over its weapons tests.In March, a Russian veto at the United Nations ended monitoring of U.N. sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program, prompting Western accusations that Moscow is seeking to avoid scrutiny as it buys weapons from Pyongyang for use in Ukraine.Putin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters in Pyongyang that the two leaders exchanged gifts after the talks. Putin presented Kim with a Russian-made Aurus limo and other gifts, including a tea set and a naval officer바카라 게임 웹사이트�s dagger. Ushakov said that Kim's presents to Putin included artworks depicting the Russian leader.Russia media said earlier that Kim will host a reception, and Putin is expected to leave Wednesday evening for Vietnam.In Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Putin바카라 게임 웹사이트�s visit to North Korea illustrates how Russia tries, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�in desperation, to develop and to strengthen relations with countries that can provide it with what it needs to continue the war of aggression that it started against Ukraine.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The North may also seek to increase labor exports to Russia and other illicit activities to gain foreign currency in defiance of U.N. Security Council sanctions, according to a recent report by the Institute for National Security Strategy, a think tank run by South Korea바카라 게임 웹사이트�s main spy agency. There will likely be talks about expanding cooperation in agriculture, fisheries and mining and further promoting Russian tourism to North Korea, the institute said.Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are at their highest point in years, with the pace of both Kim바카라 게임 웹사이트�s weapons tests and combined military exercises involving the United States, South Korea and Japan intensifying in a tit-for-tat cycle.The Koreas also have engaged in Cold War-style psychological warfare that involved North Korea dropping tons of trash on the South with balloons, and the South broadcasting anti-North Korean propaganda with its loudspeakers.