{"id":2021800,"date":"2023-09-04T23:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T03:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-expected-to-meet-with-putin-for-weapons-talks-reports\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T23:15:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T03:15:54","slug":"kim-jong-un-expected-to-meet-with-putin-for-weapons-talks-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-expected-to-meet-with-putin-for-weapons-talks-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un to meet Putin for weapons discussions, reports say."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-expected-to-meet-with-putin-for-weapons-talks-reports%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=2021800&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--><h2>North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un to Meet with Russian President\u2063 Vladimir Putin\u2064 for\u2063 Weapons Negotiations<\/h2>\n<p>Exciting reports on \u2062Monday suggest \u2063that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is planning to meet with Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/vladimir-putin\">Vladimir \u2064Putin<\/a> to discuss weapons negotiations. This rare\u2064 trip out of\u200b North Korea will take place later this month, according to senior administration officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/09\/04\/putin-kim-meeting-weapons-deal-russia-north-korea\/\">told The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/04\/us\/politics\/putin-kim-meeting-russia-north-korea-weapons.html\">The New York Times<\/a> reports that Kim will travel from North Korea&#8217;s\u2062 capital of Pyongyang to the\u2062 Russian\u2063 port city of Vladivostok, possibly by armored train. This is not the first time the two leaders\u200c have met, as\u2063 they previously \u2064had a meeting in the same city\u2064 in 2019.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s at \u2063Stake?<\/h3>\n<p>During \u200bthese talks, Putin aims \u2064to secure more weapons for the ongoing war\u2062 in Ukraine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-look-at-russias-much-feared-artillery-arsenal\/\" title=\"A Look at Russia\u2019s Much-Feared Artillery Arsenal\">including artillery shells<\/a>\u2063 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-appears-to-signal-major-escalation-in-announcement-as-idf-eliminates-top-terrorist-targets\/\" title=\"Israel Appears To Signal Major Escalation In Announcement As IDF Eliminates Top Terrorist Targets\">anti-tank missiles<\/a>. On the other hand, Kim is seeking\u2063 access to Russia&#8217;s advanced technology on nuclear submarines and satellites, as well as\u200d food assistance for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/north-koreans-face-increasing-repression-threat-starvation-un-says-rcna100564\">starving country<\/a> of \u200bapproximately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/north-korea-suffers-one-of-its-worst-food-crises-in-decades-ee25aa86\">26 million people<\/a>, according to officials cited by The New York Times. Kim may also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-expected-to-meet-with-putin-for-weapons-talks-reports\/\" title=\"Kim Jong Un to meet Putin for weapons discussions, reports say.\">make additional \u2062stops<\/a>, including at the Vostochny Cosmodrome space launch center and even Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu&#8217;s visit to Pyongyang in July,\u2064 where Kim showcased his \u2062nation&#8217;s <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.\">banned ballistic missiles<\/a>, set the stage for a potential meeting between the two leaders. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-is-nancy-pelosi-being-impeached\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Is Nancy Pelosi Being Impeached?\">high-profile trip<\/a> was \u2063followed by delegations from North Korea and Russia visiting each other&#8217;s countries.<\/p>\n<h3>International Concerns\u2064 and U.S.\u200d Response<\/h3>\n<p>The United States has intelligence indicating \u200dthat Kim and Putin have <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-north-korea-weapons-munitions-letter-8c48787c798a50beda774a8ac5cc91ba\">exchanged letters<\/a>. The National Security Council \u2063spokesperson, Adrienne Watson, stated that negotiations were &#8220;actively advancing&#8221; as Russia seeks munitions from North \u2062Korea in defiance of\u200c United Nations Security Council resolutions, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/04\/politics\/north-korea-kim-putin-arms-negotiations\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> report.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has been\u200c working to deter weapons negotiations between Russia \u2062and North \u2064Korea\u200d through the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-sanctions-russian-company-over-alleged-support-for-north-korean-weapons-programs-79642dd0\">sanctions<\/a>. Previous reports\u2064 of possible arms transactions between \u200bthe two nations led to denials from both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the United States \u200dhas approved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/biden-asks-congress-for-more-than-13b-to-support-ukraine-and-12b-for-disaster-fund\">over $110 billion<\/a> in aid\u2063 to Ukraine as it continues to \u2063defend itself against \u2063Russian forces who invaded the country over a year and a half ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple reports on Monday suggest that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is planning to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss weapons. According to senior administration officials, Kim intends to make a rare trip out of North Korea to meet with Putin later this month. The New York Times also reported on this development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2021801,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2021800","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}