Monday, June 17, 2024 - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea for a two-day visit starting Tuesday, both countries announced, amid international concerns about their military cooperation.
Putin is expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
for talks as they deepen their alignment in the face of confrontations with
Washington. It will be Putin’s first trip to North Korea in 24 years.
North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Putin
will pay a state visit on Tuesday and Wednesday at Kim’s invitation. North
Korean state media didn’t immediately provide details. Russia confirmed the
visit in a simultaneous announcement.
There are growing concerns about an arms arrangement in
which Pyongyang provides Moscow with badly needed munitions to fuel Putin’s war
in Ukraine in exchange for economic assistance and technology transfers that
would enhance the threat posed by Kim’s nuclear weapons and missile program.
Military, economic and other cooperation between North Korea
and Russia have increased since Kim visited the Russian Far East in September
for a meeting with Putin, their first since 2019.
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