{"id":2030367,"date":"2023-09-13T10:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-and-vladimir-putin-meet-pledge-expanded-military-technical-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T10:50:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:50:30","slug":"kim-jong-un-and-vladimir-putin-meet-pledge-expanded-military-technical-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-and-vladimir-putin-meet-pledge-expanded-military-technical-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin vow to enhance military collaboration."},"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-and-vladimir-putin-meet-pledge-expanded-military-technical-cooperation%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=2030367&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>Russian Intends to Expand Military Cooperation with North Korea Despite Sanctions<\/h2>\n<p>Russian President\u200b Vladimir\u2064 Putin\u200d has expressed his intention to expand &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-envoy-on-nuke-deal-iran-got-much-more-than-expected\/\" title=\"Russian Envoy on Nuke Deal: 'Iran Got Much More than Expected'\">military-technical cooperation<\/a>&#8220;\u200b with North Korea, despite the \u2062United Nations sanctions imposed on the regime. This move comes as North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un pledges\u200c to assist Moscow in achieving a &#8220;great victory&#8221; in the war in\u2063 Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h3>Exploring Prospects Amidst Restrictions<\/h3>\n<p>While acknowledging the existing restrictions, Putin stated \u2062that Russia complies with them but is open to discussions and considerations. He believes that there\u2062 are \u2064prospects \u200dfor further\u2063 cooperation \u200bbetween the two nations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;There are certain \u2062restrictions. \u200dRussia complies with all these \u2063restrictions, but there\u200d are things\u2063 that \u2063we can certainly talk about, discuss, think \u2064about. And\u200b there are prospects here, too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Strategic Relationship of Cooperation<\/h3>\n<p>Despite lip-service to the United Nations sanctions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made it clear that no additional sanctions would be imposed on North Korea. This highlights \u2062Russia&#8217;s veto power at the United Nations Security Council, which it is willing to use in support of \u200bNorth Korea. Kim Jong Un expressed \u200dhis belief that their meeting \u2064would \u200bestablish an &#8220;unbreakable relationship of strategic cooperation&#8221; between Moscow and Pyongyang, extending beyond Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Russia is currently engaged in a sacred battle to defend its state sovereignty and security in the face of the hegemonic forces that\u2064 oppose Russia. We have always supported and will continue to support every decision made by President Putin,\u200d as well as the decisions of the Russian Government. I also hope that we will always stand together in fighting imperialism and building a sovereign\u200d state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Russia&#8217;s\u200b Assistance in \u2063Space Endeavors<\/h3>\n<p>During the meeting, \u200dPutin indicated\u2064 that Russia would assist North Korea\u200b in solving the problems that \u2062led to the failure of two attempts\u200b to launch a spy satellite into orbit.\u200c He\u200b emphasized their shared interest in\u200b rocket engineering\u2064 and \u200cspace development.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s why we came here. The leader of the DPRK shows great interest in rocket engineering; they are also trying to \u2063develop\u2063 space.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Concerns \u200band\u200c Warnings<\/h3>\n<p>The highly anticipated meeting between Putin and \u2064Kim Jong\u200c Un \u2064took place amidst U.S. warnings about Russia seeking military support \u2063from North Korea for its \u2062war in Ukraine.\u2063 U.S. officials have accused Pyongyang of supplying weapons to the\u2064 Russian paramilitary organization known as the Wagner \u200dGroup. \u200dThe possibility of Russian assistance to\u2063 North\u200b Korea raises alarm in South Korea and Japan, key allies of \u200cthe United States in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>The South Korean Joint\u200d Chiefs of \u2063Staff stated, &#8220;While preparing \u200cfor additional\u200d provocations from North Korea, our military\u2063 is closely\u2064 monitoring activities and\u200d signs from \u200dthe country in close \u200ccoordination \u200dwith the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The United States \u2063has repeatedly cautioned any allies of Russia, \u200bincluding North \u200dKorea, against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-media-russia-is-too-weak-for-a-confrontation-with-nato\/\" title=\"Chinese Media: Russia Is Too Weak for a 'Confrontation with NATO'\">providing military aid<\/a> \u200cin the Ukrainian conflict. U.S.\u2062 officials argue \u2062that Russia&#8217;s desire for North \u200bKorean military assistance reflects desperation on the part of\u200b Putin \u200cand the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2062 will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-and-vladimir-putin-meet-pledge-expanded-military-technical-cooperation\/\" title=\"Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin vow to enhance military collaboration.\">foster mutually advantageous \u200bcooperation<\/a> with North Korea that will not be subject to any illegitimate Western\u200c pressure,&#8221; Lavrov \u2064affirmed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Wednesday that despite United Nations sanctions on North Korea, Russia plans to enhance its &#8220;military-technical cooperation&#8221; with the country. This decision comes after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to assist Moscow in achieving a &#8220;great victory&#8221; in the Ukrainian conflict. Putin acknowledged the existing limitations but emphasized Russia&#8217;s compliance while highlighting certain exceptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2030368,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2030367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2030367","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2030367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}