In late July, Russia's defence minister Sergei Szojgu paid a visit to Pjongjang. He participated in the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, which the DPRK sees as its "winner".
World media, however, found that this was just a pretext, due to the fact that it just so happens that reports from American intelligence indicate that the DPRK is selling artillery ammunition and missiles to the Kremlin. That's why Putin now invited a dictator from the Korean Peninsula to Russia.
Kim Jong Un on Sunday evening took his private train from Pyongyang to Russia. According to the Russian news agency RIA Nowosti, the dictator is already in Russia.
Anti-Americanism is already visible
In Russia, there has already been a communicative hitting the US due to Kim's visit to a country ruled by Vladimir Putin.
– As we know, in Russia's relations with its neighbours, including the DPRK, the interests of our 2 countries are important, and this focuses our attention, the warnings coming from Washington are not important," said Vladimir Putin's spokesperson Dmitri Pieskov.
The strong words of the Shojg
Significantly, erstwhile the Shoygu visited North Korea recently, he powerfully expressed his views on Russia's and the DPRK's relations:
"The visit will aid strengthen the military ties between Russia and North Korea and will be an crucial step in the improvement of bilateral cooperation," he said, and Reuters quoted him, referred to the Russian Ministry of Defence.
No 1 knows where Kim will meet Putin.
The KCNA agency reports that a delegation of the highest-ranking government promoters and military commanders arrived in Russia with Kim. It is accompanied by representatives of North Korean arms companies and army representatives as well as abroad minister.
According to Reuters' findings, Kim is to meet Putin after the conclusion of the east economical Forum, which was organized in Vladivostok. It's inactive a secret where we meet. However, it is likely that it will happen in Vladivostok.
Russian Desperation
There are many indications that military cooperation may be a key issue in the gathering of both dictators. Russia strives to gain weapons from its ally from the Korean Peninsula due to failures on the front. However, 1 can easy come across comments that point to desperation in these Russian activities, due to the fact that the secret of the polyshinel is that the DPRK is simply a state-pariah.
Kim's satrapia is an isolated country in a global dimension. Yet Russia wants to deepen relations with the DPRK due to the fact that it is not working in the war.
Categoryal State Department
The U.S. Department of State urges the DPRK to exclude any sale of arms to Russia, otherwise violating many resolutions of the UN safety Council. The Russians issued communications in which they denied that the issue of arms supplies was a precedence in Putin and Kim's talks.
It is meaningful that visiting Russia will be Kim's first abroad visit since 2019. He besides arrived in Vladimir Putin's country 4 years ago.
