North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin shaking hands.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 The United States on Monday said it expects North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to make a rare trip abroad to meet President Vladimir Putin in Russia, where they are likely to discuss arms for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
Ukraine is pushing a highly scrutinised counteroffensive in both the south and east that Putin dismissed on Monday as a failure, though Moscow appears eager to secure more military supplies to bolster its forces. The Kremlin said yesterday it was unable to confirm a summit between Putin and Kim.
“We have nothing to say on this,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. The White House’s National Security Council (NSC) spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said “arms negotiations between Russia and the DPRK are actively advancing,” using an acronym for North Korea. “We have information that Kim Jong Un expects these discussions to continue, to include leader-level diplomatic engagement in Russia,” she added.
The United States warned last week that Russia was already in secret talks with the North to acquire a range of munitions and supplies for Moscow’s war effort. 6th. Sept. 2023. The United States on Monday said it expects North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to make a rare trip abroad to meet President Vladimir Putin in Russia, where they are likely to discuss arms for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
Ukraine is pushing a highly scrutinised counteroffensive in both the south and east that Putin dismissed on Monday as a failure, though Moscow appears eager to secure more military supplies to bolster its forces.
The Kremlin said yesterday it was unable to confirm a summit between Putin and Kim. “We have nothing to say on this,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The White House’s National Security Council (NSC) spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said “arms negotiations between Russia and the DPRK are actively advancing,” using an acronym for North Korea.
“We have information that Kim Jong Un expects these discussions to continue, to include leader-level diplomatic engagement in Russia,” she added.
The United States warned last week that Russia was already in secret talks with the North to acquire a range of munitions and supplies for Moscow’s war effort.
Kim is likely to head by armoured train later this month to Vladivostok, on Russia’s Pacific coast not far from North Korea, to meet Putin, said sources.
