{"id":2027754,"date":"2023-09-11T09:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T13:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-traveling-to-russia-for-possible-putin-meeting-report\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T09:28:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T13:28:02","slug":"kim-jong-un-traveling-to-russia-for-possible-putin-meeting-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-traveling-to-russia-for-possible-putin-meeting-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un heading to Russia for potential Putin meeting: 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\">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-traveling-to-russia-for-possible-putin-meeting-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=2027754&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\u200d Un Reportedly on \u2064His Way to Russia for Possible Meeting\u200b with\u2062 Vladimir Putin<\/h2>\n<p>North Korean leader\u2063 Kim Jong\u2064 Un is reportedly on his way to Russia on Monday for a possible meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to multiple South Korean media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Neither the Russian nor North Korean government has confirmed the two leaders would meet, \u200bbut \u200dPutin reportedly arrived in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, where the Eastern Economic Forum is taking place \u2063this week, as stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on state TV Russia 24.<\/p>\n<h3>Possible Meeting as Early as Tuesday<\/h3>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s Chosun Ilbo newspaper noted that Kim left Pyongyang late\u200b on Sunday\u2062 and could meet Putin as early as Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In late August, \u200cU.S. officials warned\u2064 that Russia&#8217;s attempts to secure a deal for weapons from North Korea for its war in Ukraine have &#8220;advanced,&#8221; with \u2062a possibility\u200c of a meeting between Kim\u2062 and Putin. The United States initially uncovered that North Korea had provided Russia with infantry rockets and missiles late last year, \u200bwhile the U.S.\u2064 is trying to pressure North Korea publicly out of a subsequent deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our current analysis is that discussions between North Korea and Russia, with respect\u2063 to\u2063 North Korea providing military support to Russia \u200dfor its war \u200cin Ukraine \u2014 that those discussions \u200bare actively advancing,&#8221; said national security adviser\u2064 Jake Sullivan. &#8220;We also have information, as we have indicated publicly, that North Korea&#8217;s leader, Kim Jong Un, has some expectation that those\u200b discussions will continue as we go <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-traveling-to-russia-for-possible-putin-meeting-report\/\" title=\"Kim Jong Un heading to Russia for potential Putin meeting: Report\">forward \u2014 including leader-level\u2064 discussions<\/a>,\u2063 perhaps even\u200d in<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.\">-person \u200cleader-level discussions<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan did not specify what North Korea could get out of an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>A\u2063 week earlier, National Security Council \u2062coordinator John Kirby told reporters that a deal would likely 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 from the DPRK which the Russian military plans to use in Ukraine,&#8221; adding that it &#8220;could also include the provision of \u2062raw materials \u200bthat 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 Trip Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kim, since assuming power in 2011, has infrequently left the country and hasn&#8217;t \u200csince the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2064This reported\u200d trip would be his 10th, and the previous nine came in 2018 and 2019 as he negotiated with the U.S. and then-President Donald Trump over his country&#8217;s nuclear weapons\u2064 and missile programs.<\/p>\n<p>Kim traveled \u200bto Vladivostok for a\u200d 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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