When Medvedev first arrived in North Korea, his first words were unusual. For Russia and North Korea at present, the situation they are facing is quite urgent.
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, Medvedev, vice chairman of the Russian National Security Council, has led a delegation to Pyongyang.
As the second-in-command figure at the core of power in Moscow, Medvedev's move naturally carries a lot of weight.
After the plane landed in North Korea, his first words released an unusual signal – “the enemy is nervous.”
Medvedev’s original words were that he came to Pyongyang to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Labour Party, and the time was urgent, friends were united, and the enemies were tense.”
Combined with the international situation between Russia and North Korea in recent years, the "enemy" in his words has a very clear orientation.
First, Russia is fighting Ukraine. There is no doubt that from Moscow's point of view, the Kiev regime must be one of their "enemies".
The North Korean leader called Russia's special military operation against Ukraine "completing the sacred cause of safeguarding national dignity and interests" and believed that Russia "will definitely win."
In fact, North Korea has also sent aid to fight with Ukrainian armed personnel within Russia.
It is not difficult to imagine that in the eyes of North Korea, Ukraine can also be regarded as an enemy.
Of course, it is certainly not just Ukraine that Medvedev can call an "enemy." Those countries that continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine and attempt to cause greater damage to Russia are naturally also "enemies" in the eyes of Moscow.
This type of country is represented by some NATO member states.
Combined with North Korea’s attitude to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Pyongyang clearly has a lot of common language with Moscow on this issue.
After all, Russian-Russian relations will develop so rapidly in a short time, and one reason is that the two countries are facing a common "enemy".
The closer the two countries are, and those countries feel "tension" is also a normal phenomenon.
Through the phrase "the enemy is tense," Russia once again highlighted its alliance with North Korea, which also corresponds to some of the North Korean leaders' statements to Putin in a telegram a few days ago.
Celebrating Putin's birthday, the North Korean leader said that the DPRK will fully support Russia's fair struggle, see it as a fraternal responsibility, and faithfully implement the treaties between the two countries.
It is almost certain that through Medvedev's visit, Russia-DPRK relations will be further strengthened to deal with their common "enemy".
At the same time, in addition to "the enemies are nervous", Medvedev's sentence that "friends are united as one" is also worth interpreting.
Russia and North Korea must be "friends", there is nothing to say about this. But Medvedev's "friends" are likely to refer to more than just these two countries.
It can be said that other countries that sent people to North Korea to participate in the commemoration activities this time may be "friends".
Although the DPRK has recently taken the initiative to increase its exposure, and North Korean leaders have also met with some leaders of other countries in Beijing, the international situation in which the DPRK is located has not fundamentally improved.
On the one hand, Western isolation still exists; on the other hand, even though some countries do not hostile to North Korea, their relations with North Korea are not close.
As a result, there are not many countries that come to North Korea to participate in the commemorative activities this time, and some of them are still under a lot of pressure.
China and Russia are both great powers, and naturally there is a bottom line, but it is obviously not easy for countries like Vietnam to make decisions.
Vietnamese leader Surin’s visit to North Korea was not expected by many, after all, today’s Vietnam is trying to stabilize its relationship with the Trump administration.
Considering Trump's moody personality, it would be possible for him to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.
Therefore, the arrival of Sulin and others is not only valued by the DPRK, but also received the attention of the Russian side.
Russian-Vietnamese relations were also good, and Sullin also visited Moscow this year.Medvedev may have some exchanges with Sullin while coming to North Korea.
In fact, Vietnam is just an example of attracting jade. This time in Pyongyang, Medvedev has the opportunity to contact with more countries.
Looking back at this time and looking at his sentence,"Friends are united as one", maybe we can taste more flavor.
At present, Medvedev has officially started his visit to North Korea. Russian representatives who came to North Korea with him also included Kozlov, Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Environment and co-chairman of the Russia-DPRK Intergovernmental Committee on Economic, Trade, Scientific and Technological Cooperation.
In addition, local officials such as Kursk Oblast Governor Hinstein and Primorsky Krai Governor Kozhemiako are also among them.
It can be seen that the Russian side is moving from the high-level layout to the local implementation level, in order to further strengthen Russian-Russian relations and cooperation.
Not surprisingly, the climax of Medvedev's trip to North Korea will appear on the day when the DPRK holds a military parade. At that time, some scenes on the viewing platform may create more reverie space for the outside world.