{"id":2030986,"date":"2023-09-13T18:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T22:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-putin-discuss-military-cooperation-space-tech-and-ukraine-war-at-russian-summit\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T18:30:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T22:30:57","slug":"kim-jong-un-putin-discuss-military-cooperation-space-tech-and-ukraine-war-at-russian-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-putin-discuss-military-cooperation-space-tech-and-ukraine-war-at-russian-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un and Putin discuss military cooperation, space tech, and Ukraine war at summit."},"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\">30<\/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-putin-discuss-military-cooperation-space-tech-and-ukraine-war-at-russian-summit%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=2030986&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>The \u2064Leaders of Russia and North Korea Hold Rare Summit<\/h2>\n<p>The leaders of Russia and North Korea held a rare summit on Wednesday after North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un traveled to a city in \u200cRussia\u2019s Far East \u2063in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/inside-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-uns-armoured-train-2023-09-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">armored<\/a> \u200dtrain.<\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir \u2062Putin met with Kim in person\u2063 for the first time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/kim-jong-un-vladimir-putin-meeting-russia-rcna104775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">since<\/a> 2019, and the two discussed topics including Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine, space technology, and the potential for military \u200bcooperation between the two countries. The meeting took place at Vostochny\u200b Cosmodrome, which is the most important launch center in Russia, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-russia-kim-putin-missile-0d70f5190df1088ebe53e8ca19f8e9c9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<h3>Support and Cooperation<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Putin greets Kim Jong Un at cosmodrome in Russia\u2019s far east<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xFsIyL4MVy\">pic.twitter.com\/xFsIyL4MVy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bBreaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1701816100550217770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At one\u2064 point, Kim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/kim-jong-un-vladimir-putin-meeting-russia-rcna104775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> Russia\u2019s war a \u201csacred fight\u201d that \u2063has his \u201cfull and unconditional support.\u201d Putin also\u200d signaled his support for North Korea, describing how the Soviet Union was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/nkoreas-kim-meets-putin-missiles-launched-pyongyang-2023-09-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first<\/a> to \u2064recognize the North\u2063 when it was established in 1948\u2063 and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-russia-kim-jong-un-putin-timeline-336b51634fab28a34ec210a78866f4d9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backed<\/a> the\u2064 country during the Korean War.<\/p>\n<p>The two discussed the potential for \u2062military cooperation, with Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/12\/asia\/kim-jong-un-putin-meeting-russia-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a> \u200bthat \u201cthere are certain restrictions, and Russia complies with all these restrictions,\u201d while adding that there are possibilities for cooperation between the two in that realm. \u201cThere are things that\u200c we can of course talk about, discuss, think about it. And here too there are \u200cprospects,\u201d Putin said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Priorities and Concerns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prior to the summit, numerous reports suggested Putin was seeking to get\u2064 ammunition\u2063 and weapons for the war in Ukraine. For his part, Kim was likely \u200dto request food and missile technology, \u2064according to the AP. Relatively few\u2064 details were disclosed regarding \u200cmilitary cooperation and aid agreements, and according to the Kremlin, sensitive discussions \u200cbetween the two will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/nkoreas-kim-meets-putin-missiles-launched-pyongyang-2023-09-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remain<\/a> private. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The White House has previously \u200cwarned that such arms deals\u2062 would violate United Nations Security \u2062Council\u200c resolutions; Russia is one of five permanent members of the Council.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Putin also\u2062 appeared to say he was open to helping\u200b Kim and North \u2062Korea advance its space program. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/12\/asia\/kim-jong-un-putin-meeting-russia-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> the North Korean dictator has a \u201cgreat interest in space, in rocketry\u201d and that \u200dRussia would \u201cshow our new objects. We\u2019ll talk about all the issues without haste, there is time.\u201d The Hermit Kingdom has failed twice this year alone \u2064in launching a space\u2064 satellite \u2013 once in May, and again in August \u2013\u2063 despite prioritizing space\u2062 technology, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/23\/asia\/north-korea-second-satellite-launch-fails-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to CNN.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reactions and Concerns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The location of the summit \u2013 a prominent Russian spaceport \u2013 is significant, according to Leif-Eric Easley, professor of international studies at Ewha Womans University in Seoul. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/12\/asia\/kim-jong-un-putin-meeting-russia-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a> the site location is \u201cprovocative because it suggests that Putin may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-jong-un-putin-discuss-military-cooperation-space-tech-and-ukraine-war-at-russian-summit\/\" title=\"Kim Jong Un and Putin discuss military cooperation, space tech, and Ukraine war at summit.\">offer sanctions-violating satellite launch \u2063technology<\/a> in exchange for North Korean munitions that Moscow would employ in its illegal war in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. State Department head\u200d of the Office\u200d of Sanctions Coordination James O\u2019Brien blasted the summit, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-russia-kim-putin-missile-0d70f5190df1088ebe53e8ca19f8e9c9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a>, \u201cRussia is \u200bnow \u2062overtly engaging with a\u2062 country that the U.N. has sanctioned. And that\u2019s very problematic for Russia\u2019s global\u2062 position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to former National Security Adviser John Bolton, North Korea had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/12\/asia\/kim-jong-un-putin-meeting-russia-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">much to gain<\/a> from the meeting: \u201cFrom North Korea\u2019s point of\u200b view, this gets them back into really significant\u200d contact with Russia for the first time \u200csince the collapse of the Soviet Union.\u201d Bolton\u2062 also said the meeting \u201cgoes well beyond a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-may-meet-putin-in-russia-for-arms-negotiations-us-says\/\" title=\"US says North Korea's Kim Jong Un may meet Russia's Putin for arms talks.\">potential arms deal<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shortly before the \u200csummit,\u200d North Korea <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-missile-kim-jong-un-5a247c5612306bfd1901f851ffba47d3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched<\/a> two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-says-u-n-has-a-double-standard-over-missile-launches\/\" title=\"North Korea Says U.N. Has A \u2018Double Standard\u2019 Over Missile Launches\">short-range ballistic missiles<\/a> toward its eastern seas \u2013 a\u200d rarity while Kim is out of \u2064the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET \u2063THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia and North Korea&#8217;s leaders held a rare summit as Kim Jong Un journeyed to Russia&#8217;s Far East in his armored train. It marked the first in-person meeting between Vladimir Putin and Kim since 2019. They discussed various topics, including Russia&#8217;s ongoing war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":2030987,"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-2030986","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\/2030986","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\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2030986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}