Washington [US], Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea on Wednesday morning (local time) on his first official visit to the East Asian nation in 24 years and is expected to meet his counterpart Kim Jong Un, CNN reported.
It is a rare trip abroad for Putin since he launched an invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and a significant moment for Kim, who has visited his politically isolated country like no other world leader since the COVID-19 pandemic. Has not hosted.
The visit comes after North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong Un extended an invitation to Putin in September 2023. Putin last visited Pyongyang in July 2000 and the visit is indicative of the deepening alliance between the two countries and Moscow's need to obtain weapons from Pyongyang. As CNN reports, this is a war on Ukraine.Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov also commented on his visit to North Korea during a press conference on Monday, saying his trip would have an eventful agenda. The two leaders are planning to sign a new strategic partnership.
Ushakov stressed that the agreement is not provocative or aimed against other countries, but is aimed at ensuring greater stability in Northeast Asia. He said the new agreement would replace documents signed between Moscow and Pyongyang in 1961, 2000 and 2001.
The streets of Pyongyang were decorated with Russian flags and their posters ahead of the arrival of Vladimir Putin on Wednesday morning, his first visit to North Korea since 2000.Putin's visit will be closely watched around the world and is expected to strengthen the growing partnership between the two powers that is based on their shared hostility toward the West and Moscow's need for ammunition for its war in Ukraine. Is inspired.
Following his visit to North Korea, Putin is scheduled to travel to Hanoi to showcase communist-ruled Vietnam's ties with Russia, which is likely to anger the United States.
Regarding Putin's visit, US national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Monday that the Biden administration itself was not "concerned about the visit", but added, "We are concerned about the deepening relationship between these two countries "
The US, South Korea and other countries have accused North Korea of providing substantial military assistance to Russia's war effort in recent months, while observers have raised concerns that Moscow is trying to assist Pyongyang in the development of its nascent military satellite program. May violate international sanctions. Both countries have denied the arms transfer.Putin's visit was reminiscent of a visit by Kim last September, when the North Korean leader traveled to Russia's Far Eastern region in his armored train, which included a stop at a factory that produces fighter jets and a rocket- Produces launch facility.
It is a rare trip abroad for Putin since he launched an invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and a significant moment for Kim, who has visited his politically isolated country like no other world leader since the COVID-19 pandemic. Has not hosted.
The visit comes after North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong Un extended an invitation to Putin in September 2023. Putin last visited Pyongyang in July 2000 and the visit is indicative of the deepening alliance between the two countries and Moscow's need to obtain weapons from Pyongyang. As CNN reports, this is a war on Ukraine.Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov also commented on his visit to North Korea during a press conference on Monday, saying his trip would have an eventful agenda. The two leaders are planning to sign a new strategic partnership.
Ushakov stressed that the agreement is not provocative or aimed against other countries, but is aimed at ensuring greater stability in Northeast Asia. He said the new agreement would replace documents signed between Moscow and Pyongyang in 1961, 2000 and 2001.
The streets of Pyongyang were decorated with Russian flags and their posters ahead of the arrival of Vladimir Putin on Wednesday morning, his first visit to North Korea since 2000.Putin's visit will be closely watched around the world and is expected to strengthen the growing partnership between the two powers that is based on their shared hostility toward the West and Moscow's need for ammunition for its war in Ukraine. Is inspired.
Following his visit to North Korea, Putin is scheduled to travel to Hanoi to showcase communist-ruled Vietnam's ties with Russia, which is likely to anger the United States.
Regarding Putin's visit, US national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Monday that the Biden administration itself was not "concerned about the visit", but added, "We are concerned about the deepening relationship between these two countries "
The US, South Korea and other countries have accused North Korea of providing substantial military assistance to Russia's war effort in recent months, while observers have raised concerns that Moscow is trying to assist Pyongyang in the development of its nascent military satellite program. May violate international sanctions. Both countries have denied the arms transfer.Putin's visit was reminiscent of a visit by Kim last September, when the North Korean leader traveled to Russia's Far Eastern region in his armored train, which included a stop at a factory that produces fighter jets and a rocket- Produces launch facility.
