{"id":1984325,"date":"2023-07-27T16:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-shows-off-ballistic-missiles-to-russian-defense-minister\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T16:13:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:13:10","slug":"kim-jong-un-shows-off-ballistic-missiles-to-russian-defense-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-shows-off-ballistic-missiles-to-russian-defense-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un flaunts ballistic missiles to Russian Defense Minister."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkim-jong-un-shows-off-ballistic-missiles-to-russian-defense-minister%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984325&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Russian Defense Minister\u200c Joins North Korean Leader at Defense Exhibition<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s defense minister accompanied North Korean leader Kim \u200dJong Un to a\u200d defense exhibition that featured the\u2063 North&#8217;s banned ballistic missiles\u200b as \u200cthe neighbors pledged to boost ties, \u2062North\u2063 Korean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wont-lift-iran-sanctions-until-they-stop-uranium-enrichment-still-wants-to-rejoin-deal\/\" title=\"Biden won\u2019t lift Iran sanctions until they stop uranium enrichment, still wants to rejoin deal\">state media<\/a> reported on \u2062Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Russian minister, Sergei\u200c Shoigu, and a Chinese delegation led by a Communist \u2062Party Politburo member arrived\u2064 in North Korea\u2063 this week for the 70th anniversary of the\u2064 end of the Korean War, celebrated in North Korea as\u200b &#8220;Victory Day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The nuclear-capable \u200dmissiles are banned under United Nations Security Council \u200dresolutions adopted with Russian and Chinese support. \u2062But \u200cthis\u2064 week they provided \u200da striking\u200b backdrop for a show\u2064 of solidarity by countries united \u200dby\u2062 their\u200b rivalry with the U.S. and a revival\u200b of what some analysts see as their Cold War-era coalition.<\/p>\n<p>In New York,\u200c U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said that \u2062while\u2063 the global\u2062 organization was not immediately able to\u2064 analyze what was \u200cbeing shown, &#8220;all\u200d members of Security Council and, frankly, all \u200dmember\u200b states of the U.N. share the \u2062same responsibility to uphold Security Council resolutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shoigu&#8217;s visit was the first by a Russian defense minister \u200cto \u200bNorth \u200cKorea since the 1991 break-up of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p>For North \u200bKorea,\u2063 the arrival of the delegations marks its first major opening-up to the world since the COVID-19\u200c pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(Kim) expressed his \u2063views on the\u2063 issues of \u200bmutual concern in the struggle to safeguard the sovereignty, development and interests of the two countries\u2062 from the\u2064 high-handed and\u2062 arbitrary\u2064 practices \u2063of the imperialists \u2063and to realize international justice \u2063and peace,&#8221; North\u2064 Korean media said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063KCNA state news \u2062agency did not\u2063 refer to the \u200cwar in Ukraine but\u200b quoted Defense Minister Kang \u200cSun\u200d Nam\u2063 as saying that Pyongyang fully supported Russia&#8217;s &#8220;battle for justice&#8221; and protection of \u200cits\u2064 sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;COMMON DETERMINATION TO \u200cOPPOSE WEST&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shoigu gave\u200b Kim a letter from Russian\u2064 President Vladimir\u200b Putin acknowledging that backing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Strong support from the DPRK \u2063for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uae-blames-houthi-drones-for-abu-dhabi-tanker-explosions\/\" title=\"UAE Blames Houthi Drones for Abu Dhabi Tanker Explosions\">special military operation<\/a> in Ukraine, (and) \u200dsolidarity with Russia on key\u2064 international issues further\u2064 emphasize our common interest\u2062 and determination to\u2064 oppose the policy of the collective West,\u200c which prevents the establishment of \u2062a truly multipolar, just world order,&#8221; it read, according to the Russian state news agency \u2063RIA.<\/p>\n<p>State\u200d media \u2063photographs\u200d showed Kim and his guests at \u2062a display of ballistic missiles in multi-axle transporter launchers. Another image \u200cshowed \u2062what military analysts \u2063said appeared\u2062 to\u200c be a new drone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve \u200ccome a long way \u200dfrom when North Korea would\u200d avoid showing off its nuclear capabilities when senior foreign dignitaries from Russia and China \u2063were in town,&#8221; said Ankit Panda of the \u200cU.S.-based\u2064 Carnegie Endowment for International \u2063Peace.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The personal tour \u200bfor Shoigu\u2014and Shoigu&#8217;s willingness to\u200b be photographed with Kim in\u2063 the course of this tour\u2014is evidence that Moscow is complacent with North Korea&#8217;s ongoing \u200cnuclear modernization,&#8221;\u2062 he\u200c said.<\/p>\n<p>Kim also met Chinese Communist Party Politburo \u200dmember \u200cLi\u200b Hongzhong \u200dfor talks and\u200c was handed a letter from Chinese President\u2064 Xi Jinping, \u200cNorth Korean media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Li&#8217;s\u200d visit showed Xi&#8217;s commitment to the North \u200dKorea-China friendship, Kim was quoted as saying\u2064 by KCNA.<\/p>\n<p>State media photographs showed Kim at a large \u200dflashy performance flanked \u2064by Shoigu \u2064and Li, with a\u200c backdrop that included a slogan used by the Chinese army during the Korean War vowing to &#8220;resist U.S. aggressors&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Later North Korea held a widely\u200b anticipated nighttime military parade, an event expected to showcase its latest weapons, South Korea&#8217;s\u2062 Yonhap\u200d news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>Pyongyang&#8217;s state media \u2064had not reported on\u2063 the\u200d parade as of Thursday \u2063night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. CONCERNS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Washington was &#8220;incredibly\u2062 concerned&#8221; about ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, U.S. State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant\u200d Patel said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russia&#8217;s \u200csupport for\u2064 these unlawful weapons\u200c programs\u2014by blocking additional \u200caction at the UN Security\u2063 Council, by participating in events in\u2064 Pyongyang \u2064celebrating these weapons,\u200b by failing to crack\u2064 down on \u2062DPRK \u2064sanction-evasion activities\u2014all\u200d of this \u2064just highlights how detrimental (Moscow) has become to preserving international peace \u200cand security,&#8221;\u200b Patel said.<\/p>\n<p>Washington says North \u2064Korea has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-shows-off-ballistic-missiles-to-russian-defense-minister\/\" title=\"Kim Jong Un flaunts ballistic missiles to Russian Defense Minister.\">shipped weapons including infantry rockets<\/a> and missiles \u200dto\u200b Russia for\u2064 use in\u2064 Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea and Russia deny\u200c conducting arms transactions.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian visit raises \u2062the prospect of more open support for North Korea, especially with Russia isolated by the West over \u2064its invasion of Ukraine, policy analysts said.<\/p>\n<p>One said Shoigu&#8217;s inspection of the North Korean missiles suggested Russian acceptance of Pyongyang&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-of-undeclared-nuclear-activities-discovered-at-locations-in-iran-that-raise-new-concerns-report\/\" title=\"\u2018Evidence Of Undeclared Nuclear Activities\u2019 Discovered At Locations In Iran That Raise New Concerns: Report\">nuclear weapons program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It may signify that the \u2062current geopolitical circumstances are starting to erode Russia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-cancels-keanu-reeves-over-tibet\/\" title=\"China Cancels Keanu Reeves over Tibet\">long-standing interest<\/a> in preserving\u200b the global non-proliferation \u200dregime,&#8221; said Artyom Lukin, at Russia&#8217;s Far Eastern Federal University in \u2063Vladivostok.<\/p>\n<p>The simultaneous visits by high-ranking \u200dofficials were a sign of a revival of \u200dthe\u2063 Russian-Chinese-North Korean coalition that originally existed in the late \u200c1940s and\u200b 1950s, though now \u200clikely to be led\u2063 from Beijing rather \u200bthan \u2063Moscow, he added.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting\u2064 by Hyunsu \u2064Yim, Hyonhee Shin, Ju-min Park, Josh Smith and\u200c Soo-hyang Choi in\u200d Seoul, Michelle Nichols at the United Nations and David Brunnstrom and Simon Lewis in Washington; Writing by\u2063 Jack Kim, Kevin Liffey and Lincoln Feast; Editing by Mark Heinrich, Deepa Babington, Richard Chang and Grant McCool)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Korean capital, Seoul. They attended a defense exhibition showcasing North Korea&#8217;s prohibited ballistic missiles. This visit signifies the strengthening of ties between the two nations, as reported by North Korean state media. Sergei Shoigu, Russia&#8217;s defense minister, and a Chinese delegation, led by a Communist Party Politburo member, were present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1984326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}