Russia, DPRK to Counter Sanctions Together — Putin

Countries will establish independent transaction systems, Russian President said

Kim Jong Un, President of North Korea's State Affairs Commission, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin Vladimir Smirnov/TASS

© Vladimir Smirnov/TASS

MOSCOW, June 18. /TASS/. Russia, North Korea will together build the security architecture in Eurasia, counter Western sanctions and establish independent transaction systems, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his article for North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun, published on the Kremlin website.

"We are ready to closely work together to bring more democracy and stability to international relations. To do this, we will develop alternative trade and mutual settlements mechanisms not controlled by the West, jointly oppose illegitimate unilateral restrictions, and shape the architecture of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia," he noted.