Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty
Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty | |||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 中朝友好合作互助条约 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中朝友好合作互助條約 | ||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 중조우호협력상호원조조약 |
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The China-DPRK Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, or The Sino-North Korean Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty is a treaty signed on 11 July 1961 between North Korea and China. The treaty is currently the only defense treaty China and North Korea have with any nation.[1]
Background[]
After the 1961 May 16 Coup, the new South Korean leader Park Chung-hee urged for an increase in military spending and for action to be taken against North Korea. The North Korean leadership feared a South Korean invasion and turned to the Soviet Union and China for support.[2][3]
Signing[]
The treaty was signed in Beijing and came into effect on 10 September of the same year.[4][5] Premier of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai and Prime Minister of North Korea Kim Il-sung signed for their respective countries.[6] The treaty generally promoted peaceful cooperation in the areas of culture, economics, technology and other social benefits between the two nations.[6] Specifically, Article 2 of the treaty declares the two nations undertake all necessary measures to oppose any country or coalition of countries that might attack either nation.[7]
In accordance with the Article 7, the Treaty remains in force unless agreement is reached on its amendment or termination.[8]
Kim Il-sung arrived in Beijing in 1961 to sign the treaty just a few days after signing the North Korean-Soviet Mutual Aid and Cooperation Friendship Treaty (朝苏友好合作互助条约).[6] The Soviet treaty however has not been in effect since the 1990s with only a revised "consultation" treaty being re-adopted in 1999.[7]
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See also[]
- China–North Korea relations
- Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship
References[]
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- Bilateral treaties of China
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