The trip is Mr Putin’s first to the isolated nation in 24 years.
SEOUL - Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed to develop their nations’ relations, which have emerged a strategic fortress, during a meeting on the first day of Putin’s visit to Pyongyang on June 19, North Korean state media.
North Korea- Russia relations have “emerged as a strong strategic fortress for preserving international justice, peace and security and an engine for accelerating the building of a new multi-polar world,” KCNA said.Moscow and Pyongyang have been allies since North Korea’s founding after World War II and have drawn even closer sinceThe United States and its allies have accused North Korea of supplying Russia with much-needed arms, including ballistic missiles to use in Ukraine.
Mr Putin praised North Korea for “defending their interests very effectively despite the US economic pressure, provocation, blackmail and military threats that have lasted for decades”.
The two Koreas have remained technically at war since their 1950-53 conflict and the border dividing them is one of the most heavily fortified in the world. The South’s military said it believed the North Korean soldiers accidentally crossed as they were fortifying the border, but said some of them were wounded after detonating landmines.Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Mr Putin’s trip showed how he was “dependent” on authoritarian leaders.
“The best way to respond to it is to continue strengthening the diplomatic coalition for just and lasting peace in Ukraine and delivering more Patriots and ammunition to Ukraine,” Mr Kuleba told AFP.
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