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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko<\/a> and North Korean leader kim jong un<\/a> Talks took place in the North Korean capital on Thursday and a friendship and cooperation treaty was signed, as the two Russian allies move closer amid their confrontation with the US-led West. <\/p>\n Lukashenko, who was in Pyongyang Two-day official visit,<\/a> According to his press service, the document was described as “fundamental” and that relations between the two countries were “entering a new phase”. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Friday the leaders discussed promoting high-level cooperation and visits and exchanged views on unspecified “international and regional issues of mutual concern.” <\/p>\n Belarus is a close ally of Russia. Lukashenko allowed Moscow to use Belarusian territory as a staging ground for the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and later authorized the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.<\/p>\n Kim has it too tilted its foreign policy towards Moscow<\/a> In recent years, thousands of troops and large quantities of weapons have been sent to support Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, while portraying the North as part of a united front against Washington.<\/p>\n The last meeting of Lukashenko and Kim was in Beijing in September 2025.<\/p>\n “Yes, we did not have close cooperation, mainly through our own fault. But I am extremely pleased to note that cooperation has now become much stronger,” Lukashenko said after Thursday’s meeting. <\/p>\n Taking advantage of his close ties with Putin, Kim is pursuing an increasingly assertive foreign policy aimed at expanding ties with countries that confront Washington as he seeks to break out of isolation and strengthen his regional influence.<\/p>\n Chang Eun-jeong, a spokesman for South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles North Korea-related matters, said the meeting with Lukashenko is in line with Kim’s foreign policy that embraces the ideas of a “multipolar world order” and an “anti-West alliance.” He said the countries could also pursue stronger three-way cooperation with Moscow. <\/p>\n However, Lukashenko is also improving relations with the Trump administration, which announced on Thursday restrictions eased<\/a> On a group of financial and potash companies linked to Belarus. The move comes as the war in the Middle East has reduced global fertilizer supplies, limiting access for some American farmers. <\/p>\n