Kim Jong-un wants to meet Putin to sell him weapons
Washington explained on Monday that Kim Jong-un wants to go to Russia to discuss arms sales with Vladimir Putin.
In mid-August, President Putin and Kim Jong-un supported increasing cooperation between North Korea, particularly in the defense sector.
AFP
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wants a “high-level diplomatic exchange” with President Vladimir Putin in Russia to discuss Pyongyang’s arms sales to Moscow, the White House said Monday.
“As we’ve said before, arms supply negotiations between Russia and North Korea are moving forward in earnest,” said Adrian Watson, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council. And “we know that Kim Jong-un wants these talks to continue, including diplomatic exchange at the highest level in Russia,” he added in an email to the press.
On Wednesday, John Kirby, chief spokesman for the National Security Council, had already warned against the rapid progress of these talks on future arms deliveries from Pyongyang to Moscow, calling on the “communist regime to stop these discussions.
“Against Ukraine”
John Kirby revealed that “these potential deals would result in Russia receiving significant amounts of weapons,” particularly ammunition for artillery and raw materials for its defense industry. US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the weapons would be used “against Ukraine”.
The White House again condemned Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s visit to North Korea in late July, where he attended a military parade with Kim Jong-un. Russia”.
For Washington, such agreements between Moscow and Pyongyang would violate Security Council resolutions against North Korea. In mid-August, President Putin and North Korea supported increased cooperation, particularly in the defense sector, in the latest example of rapprochement between these two adversaries of the United States since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
AFP
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