Russia’s Putin arrives in North Korea on visit to deepen ties • FRANCE 24 English
North Korea rolled out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin who stepped off his plane in Pyongyang at 245 a.m. local time up late to greet the Russian president North Korean leader Kim Jong-un the two leaders vwing to strengthen trade and security ties during their two-day visit and sharing a resentment of the United States the deepening relationship between Russia and North Korea a source of concern in the west so North Korea is helping Russia to conduct a war of aggression against Ukraine and in return Russia is delivering technology for their missile and nuclear programs Russia is now in its third year of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and while Pyongyang denies supplying arms since a meeting with Kim and Putin in Russia last September us officials say North Korea has sent some 7,000 containers of weapons to Russia including dozens of ballistic missiles that have been used on the battlefield Putin’s visit also comes a growing concerns about Russian technology helping North Korea to enhance its nuclear weapons and missile programs concerns echoed by South Korea with tensions along the border running High just on Tuesday dozens of North Korean soldiers crossed the border and then retreated after warning shots were fired the second such incident in as many weeks Putin and Kim have also pledged to cooperate economically to help offset sanctions imposed by the West the US and EU have impose sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and North Korea has been under un sanctions for its missile and nuclear programs since 2006
Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in North Korea early Wednesday, the Kremlin said, kicking off a visit set to boost defence ties between the two nuclear-armed countries as Moscow pursues its war in Ukraine.
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23 comments
This meeting has nothing to do with Ukraine; that round is already won. Russia by itself is already producing almost 3 times as many shells as US and EU combined. This meeting is about the world after the Ukraine war. NATO may take the "L" on this first round, but they are making sure that doesn't happen in round 2 or round 3, and of their opponents in the wars of 2026-2032, North Korea is the weakest. Putin, fully aware of this, is shoring up his supply chain AND making sure NK is a stronger ally 3 years from now.
In 2014, Ukraine suffered an overthrow of its democratically elected pro Russia president in an obvious cia organised coup. Then they started murdering innocent Russian speakers, forcing Putin to react.
Putin traveling to Pyongyang so he can beg from the fat Korean has to be horrifying to the Z-fascists in Moscow…🤣
The West and NATO are not happy! They gave Russia no option but to cooperate and arm N.Korea and other countries like it.
Putin has a charming personality; you always see him smiling when with other leaders.
The two wont be talking about countering France and Germany?😂😂
No chin meets fat chin
So, only the US and NATO can supply weapons to Ukraine but no one can supply weapons to Russia?
This is what tyrant dictator putin has to do now -lower himself & russia to licking the arse of this most crazied madman dictator…
just how russia has fallen in global statute
The West now will watch these two tyrants & prepare to counter any threat they will pose.
Importantly, russians are no longer welcome on the West – they can all go on holiday to north korea …🤭🤫
What a great welcome.
Kim should thank France and other countries of the "civilized" West, if they weren't stealing Russian money and killing Russian people, this rapprochement between Russia and North Korea would hardly have happened.
Realignment of the old world order. Better for humanity.
What a match made in heaven
Can NATO mind its own business?
Prove. !!! Joker's
Russia and North Korea could never see the USA 🇺🇸 😮😅
Respect russia
Jon why are you helping Ukraine and Israel around the world only America starting the wars against other countries
France and Germany must learn a lesson from this.
So they are friends, how is that news. Gee… donno, i mean you go about sanctioning who does'nt play by your rules and expect them to stay isolated, does not take a genius to know that they would form stronger ties and gravitate towards each other. Everybody needs friends, right???
Aren't they already deep. Why deepen
I wish Putin was the President of America.
A Chinese government fabricated incident that went viral due to traffic fraud! Basically, it lasts for one or two days! And the actual ratings of these events are very low! Alternatively, we can conduct an investigation into the actual ratings of Chinese platform media! Then sue these platforms for commercial fraud!