{"id":2022004,"date":"2023-09-05T10:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-to-meet-putin-to-discuss-weapons-for-russias-invasion-report\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T10:10:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:10:23","slug":"kim-jong-un-to-meet-putin-to-discuss-weapons-for-russias-invasion-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-to-meet-putin-to-discuss-weapons-for-russias-invasion-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un and Putin to discuss weapons for Russia&#8217;s invasion, says report."},"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\">26<\/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-to-meet-putin-to-discuss-weapons-for-russias-invasion-report%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=2022004&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>North Korean Leader \u200bKim Jong Un Plans to Meet\u2064 Russian \u2064President Vladimir Putin<\/h2>\n<p>In\u200b an exciting development, North Korean leader <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Kim Jong Un<\/span> \u200dis set to travel to \u2064Russia \u2062this month to meet \u200dwith \u200cPresident \u200bVladimir Putin.\u200c The purpose of their meeting\u2064 is\u2063 to discuss the possibility of supplying Moscow with weapons for the\u2062 war in\u2064 Ukraine, as reported by\u200b the <em>New York\u200b Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2063rare trip \u2063abroad for <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Kim Jong Un<\/span> \u2064will see him travel from Pyongyang, most \u200dlikely by armored train, \u200dto Vladivostok\u200d on \u2064the Pacific Coast of Russia. It \u200dis in \u200dVladivostok where he will meet \u2064with Putin, according to sources cited by the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>Arms Negotiations and Military Exercises<\/h3>\n<p>The United States has expressed concerns about the growing military ties\u2064 between\u2062 North Korea and Russia. These \u2063concerns were further heightened when \u200dRussia \u2063announced discussions about holding joint \u2062military exercises with North Korea.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Why not, these\u2063 are \u2062our neighbors. \u2063There&#8217;s an old Russian saying: you don&#8217;t choose \u2062your neighbors and it&#8217;s\u2064 better to \u200clive with\u2063 your\u2062 neighbors in peace and harmony,&#8221;\u2063 Interfax news agency quoted Russia&#8217;s \u200dDefense Minister,\u200d Sergei Shoigu, as saying on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about \u2062the possibility of joint\u2064 exercises between the two countries, he said \u2063&#8221;of course&#8221; they were \u2062being discussed, it said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>South \u2064Korean news \u2064agency Yonhap reported that Shoigu, who \u200bvisited \u200bPyongyang in July, had proposed to <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Kim Jong Un<\/span> that their \u200ccountries hold \u2062a naval exercise,\u2062 along with \u200dChina.<\/p>\n<h3>Significance\u200d of the Visit<\/h3>\n<p>If <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Kim Jong Un<\/span> travels to Russia instead of his main ally China, it would be a notable move. \u2063Experts believe that the main goal\u2062 of this\u200d meeting is for \u2062 <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Kim Jong\u200c Un<\/span> to demonstrate that \u2064he has international backing,\u2064 especially as the United States, South Korea, and Japan strengthen their ties and display military power.<\/p>\n<p>Andrei Lankov, \u200ca North Korea expert at Seoul&#8217;s Kookmin University, stated, \u2062&#8221;He wants to show he has friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Political Messages and Mutual Relations<\/h3>\n<p>Discussions\u2064 between North Korea and\u200d Russia are expected to lead to\u2064 some military cooperation\u2064 and an increase in North Korean workers in Russia. Both\u2063 sides will also seek to send political messages\u200d to Washington.<\/p>\n<p>For Russia, this meeting is\u200b about sending a signal to the United States that\u2063 it is capable\u200b of creating \u2064additional trouble\u2062 in\u200b East Asia.\u2064 Lankov added, &#8220;Without\u2063 the Ukraine war, Russia \u200dwould not\u2063 care about North Korea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin has expressed its intention to deepen\u200b its &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-report-shows-almost-1-in-3-women-experienced-violence-even-before-pandemic\/\" title=\"WHO Report Shows Almost 1 in 3 Women Experienced Violence Even Before Pandemic\">mutually respectful relations<\/a>&#8221; with Pyongyang, one of its close Cold War allies. North Korea has also backed Russia&#8217;s proclaimed \u200cannexation of\u2063 parts of Ukraine in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>It remains uncertain \u200cwhether <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Kim Jong Un<\/span> will \u200cindeed go to \u2062Moscow, but\u200c if he does, it will be\u200b his first overseas trip\u2063 since before the COVID-19 pandemic. His father, the late <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Kim Jong Il<\/span>, also traveled\u2063 to\u200b Russia by armored train before his death in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The United States\u2062 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/escalating-tensions-between-russia-and-u-s-imperil-wrongfully-imprisoned-americans\/\" title=\"Escalating Tensions Between Russia and U.S. Imperil Wrongfully Imprisoned Americans\">recently imposed sanctions<\/a> on entities allegedly tied \u200cto arms deals between North\u200d Korea and Russia. North Korea,\u200c known for \u200cits\u2063 nuclear tests and missile launches, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-to-meet-putin-to-discuss-weapons-for-russias-invasion-report\/\" title=\"Kim Jong Un and Putin to discuss weapons for Russia's invasion, says report.\">rarely holds military exercises<\/a> with its neighbors, unlike \u200bthe United States and \u200dSouth Korea.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s \u200cforeign ministry has emphasized the importance of not violating sanctions and undermining peace and stability in the international community through military cooperation with North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Hyunsu Yim, Mark Trevelyan, and Lidia Kelly; additional\u200d reporting \u200dby Josh Smith, Hyunyoung Yi, and Soo-hyang Choi in Seoul; editing \u200cby Nick Macfie, Sandra Maler, \u200cGerry Doyle, \u200dand \u2064 <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Kim Coghill<\/span>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un intends to visit Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin. They will discuss providing Moscow with weapons for the Ukraine conflict. Kim will embark on a rare journey from Pyongyang, likely by armored train, to Vladivostok on Russia&#8217;s Pacific Coast for the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2022005,"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-2022004","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\/2022004","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=2022004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}