Five-faced Putin praises Kim for ‘strongly’ backing Moscow
Last Updated on June 19, 2024 9:42 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised North Korean President Kim Jong Un for “strongly supporting” Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
He thanked the North Korean leader ahead of his visit to Pyongyang on Tuesday to strengthen defense ties between the two nuclear-armed nations.
The two countries have been historical allies since the founding of North Korea after World War II. Moscow-Pyongyang ties strengthened after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Putin, however, has become somewhat isolated internationally in the face of mounting pressure. So now taking refuge in friendly countries.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un arrived at a Russian spaceport last September as part of a rare foreign trip aboard his bulletproof train to meet Putin. Seoul later claimed that Pyongyang was sending weapons to Moscow for use in Ukraine in exchange for information on Russian satellites.
However, Pyongyang rejected this claim of Seoul.
Earlier last month, the Pentagon claimed that North Korea’s ballistic missiles were already being fired at the battlefields of Ukraine. Analysis of war debris has proven it.
After that, the United States expressed concern about Putin’s visit to North Korea. John Kirby, spokesman for the country’s National Security Council, expressed this concern at a press briefing on Monday.
Meanwhile, before his visit to North Korea on Tuesday, Putin wrote in an article by the Korean Central News Agency praising Pyongyang, “We are very happy that North Korea is strongly supporting Russia’s special military operations in Ukraine.” Moscow and Pyongyang are now actively developing a multifaceted partnership.’
Putin was last elected president for the first time in 2000. Visited Korea. Then U. The leader of Korea was Kim Jong Il, the father of current President Kim Jong Un.
The Russian leader wrote that the visit will raise relations between the two countries to a “higher level” and help develop “equal cooperation” between the two allies.
Both countries are currently under UN sanctions. North Korea has been banned since 2006 for its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, and Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
Putin praised Pyongyang for protecting both interests very effectively, despite US economic pressure, provocations, blackmail and decades of military threats.
He also praised North Korea for maintaining the same course as Moscow and Pyongyang and for standing by his country against the United Nations.
Source – Hurriyet Daily News