North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is reportedly on his way to Russia on Monday for a potential meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, multiple South Korean media outlets reported.
Neither Russia nor North Korea's governments have officially confirmed the two leaders would meet, but Putin reportedly arrived in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to state TV Russia 24, which is where the Eastern Economic Forum is taking place this week.
South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper said Kim left Pyongyang late on Sunday and would meet Putin as early as Tuesday.In late August, U.S. officials warned that Russia's attempts to secure a deal for weapons from North Korea for its war in Ukraine have"advanced," with a possibility of a meeting between Kim and Putin. The U.S. initially uncovered that North Korea had provided Russia with infantry rockets and missiles late last year, while the U.S.
"Our current analysis is that discussions between North Korea and Russia, with respect to North Korea providing military support to Russia for its war in Ukraine — that those discussions are actively advancing," National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters last week.
Sullivan did not specify, when asked by reporters, what North Korea could get out of a potential agreement. A week earlier, National Security Council coordinator John Kirby told reporters that a deal would likely net Russia"significant quantities and multiple types of munitions from the DPRK which the Russian military plans to use in Ukraine," adding that it"could also include the provision of raw materials that would assist Russia's defense industrial base.
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