Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a speech at the plenary session of the “Valdai International Debate Club”, an international meeting of Russian experts, held in Sochi in October last year. / AP Yonhap News
The Russian Kremlin announced on the 15th that President Vladimir Putin may soon visit North Korea. He also said that he will develop an all-round cooperative relationship with North Korea in line with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui’s official visit to Russia.
According to the Russian news agency TASS, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today: “Putin’s visit to North Korea may take place in the near future and the date will be agreed through diplomatic channels.” “It cannot be ruled out,” he said, that Putin would meet North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui, who visited Moscow that day. Spokesman Peskov said Russian and North Korean delegations will discuss the contents of the North Korea-Russia summit held at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East in September last year, adding: “We look forward to fruitful and intensive negotiations.” At the then summit, President Putin verbally accepted North Korea’s Kim Jong-un’s invitation to visit North Korea. In this regard, spokesman Peskov explained: “We hope that President Putin’s visit to North Korea will take place soon.”
Peskov said: “North Korea is our closest neighbor and we seek to develop relations in all fields,” and added: “We will continue dialogue with North Korea at all levels.” He added: “Dialogue with North Korea will continue at all levels.”
The North Korean delegation led by Foreign Minister Choi will pay an official visit to Russia from the 15th to the 17th. Foreign Minister Choi visited Moscow at the invitation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. A meeting with Lavrov is scheduled for the 16th and it has not yet been made known whether he will have a meeting with Putin.
As the war between Russia and Ukraine continues to drag on, the two countries are rapidly growing closer as North Korea has agreed to provide artillery and other support to Russia since last year. The Ukrainian government recently released photos of North Korean missiles supplied to Russia, saying they were used to attack Ukraine. Experts believe Russia is likely to provide technology such as nuclear-powered submarines and reconnaissance satellites to North Korea in exchange for war support. Russia’s arms trade with North Korea constitutes a direct violation of sanctions against North Korea by the United Nations Security Council, of which Russia is a permanent member.
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2024-01-15 09:40:31
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