{"id":2027725,"date":"2023-09-11T08:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T12:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-reportedly-traveling-to-russia-for-possible-putin-meeting\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T08:43:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T12:43:13","slug":"kim-jong-un-reportedly-traveling-to-russia-for-possible-putin-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-reportedly-traveling-to-russia-for-possible-putin-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un allegedly heading to Russia for potential Putin encounter."},"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-reportedly-traveling-to-russia-for-possible-putin-meeting%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=2027725&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>Kim Jong Un Reportedly on His Way \u200cto Russia for Possible Meeting with Vladimir \u2062Putin<\/h2>\n<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is reportedly on his way to Russia on\u200b Monday for a possible meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to \u200cmultiple South Korean media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Neither the Russian nor North Korean government has\u2062 confirmed the two leaders would meet, but Putin reportedly arrived in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, where the Eastern Economic Forum is taking place this week, as\u2064 stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on state TV Russia \u206424.<\/p>\n<h3>Possible Meeting as Early as Tuesday<\/h3>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s \u200bChosun Ilbo newspaper noted\u2062 that Kim left Pyongyang\u200c late on Sunday and could meet Putin as \u2063early as Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In late August, U.S. officials warned that\u200d Russia&#8217;s attempts \u2063to \u2064secure a \u200bdeal for weapons from North Korea for its war in Ukraine have &#8220;advanced,&#8221; with a possibility \u2064of a meeting between Kim and Putin. The United \u2064States initially uncovered that North Korea \u200bhad provided Russia with infantry rockets and missiles\u200d late last year, while the U.S. is trying to pressure North Korea\u2063 publicly out of a subsequent deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our current analysis is that discussions \u200dbetween North \u200cKorea and\u2063 Russia, with respect to North Korea providing military support to Russia for its\u2062 war in Ukraine \u2014 that those discussions are actively \u2062advancing,&#8221; said national security adviser Jake Sullivan. &#8220;We also\u200d have information, as \u200cwe have \u200bindicated\u2064 publicly, that North Korea&#8217;s leader, Kim Jong Un, has some \u2062expectation that those discussions will continue as \u2064we go <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-reportedly-traveling-to-russia-for-possible-putin-meeting\/\" title=\"Kim Jong Un allegedly heading to Russia for potential Putin encounter.\">forward \u2014\u200d including leader-level discussions<\/a>, perhaps even in-person \u200cleader-level discussions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan did not specify what\u200b North Korea could get out of an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>A week earlier,\u2064 National Security Council coordinator John Kirby told reporters that a deal would \u2063likely net Russia &#8220;significant quantities and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-reasons-making-taxpayers-pay-off-student-loans-is-a-rotten-idea\/\" title=\"5 Reasons Making Taxpayers Pay Off Student Loans Is A Rotten Idea\">multiple types<\/a> of munitions\u200b from the DPRK which the Russian military plans to use in Ukraine,&#8221; adding that it &#8220;could\u200c also include the\u2063 provision of raw materials that would assist Russia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-kathleen-hicks-as-deputy-defense-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms Kathleen Hicks as Deputy Defense Secretary\">defense industrial base<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kim&#8217;s Rare \u200cTrip Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kim, since assuming power in 2011, has infrequently left the country and \u200chasn&#8217;t since the outbreak of the COVID-19\u200c pandemic. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-believes-pelosis-reported-trip-to-taiwan-is-not-a-good-idea-biden-says\/\" title=\"Military Believes Pelosi\u2019s Reported Trip To Taiwan Is \u2018Not A Good Idea,\u2019 Biden Says\">reported trip<\/a> would be\u200b his 10th, and the previous nine came in 2018 and 2019 as he \u2064negotiated \u200cwith the U.S.\u2064 and then-President Donald Trump over his country&#8217;s \u200cnuclear weapons and missile programs.<\/p>\n<p>Kim traveled\u200d to Vladivostok for a meeting with Putin in April 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is said to be heading to Russia to potentially meet with President Vladimir Putin. While there is no official confirmation from either government, Putin has reportedly arrived in Vladivostok. 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