North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left the country this Monday. go by train Russia, where wait He met with the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, According to South Korean government sources, in order to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the two countries.
“Intelligence believes that the train has already departed and is heading towards the city of Vladivostok,” they said in a statement to Yonhap news agency. North Korean state news agency KCNA confirmed the visit.
The Kremlin made a short statement and stated that, upon the invitation of President Putin, the North Korean leader “will pay an official visit to the Russian Federation in the coming days.”
Russian officials had already reported that Putin had landed in Vladivostok in Russia’s far east to attend the eighth Eastern Economic Forum, according to Russian agency TASS.
Previously, the American newspaper ‘The New York Times’ had announced that Kim was planning to make the journey, which would take approximately 20 hours, on a ship. special armored train. Kim and Putin are scheduled to discuss the possibility of purchasing weapons from North Korea for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The visit will be Kim’s first visit to the country in almost four and a half years and his first departure since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. Pyongyang, as South Korea, tried to strengthen its relations with Russia. United States of America and Japan increase their cooperation in security and defense.