On Monday, the Kremlin said that Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, will visit Russia in the coming days at the invitation of Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia.
Earlier, the state media of South Korea, quoting anonymous government sources, reported that North Korean Kim seemed to have left aboard a particular train bound for Russia and a summit with Putin.
According to the Kremlin, “At the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Chairman of State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Jong Un, will pay an official visit to the Russian Federation in the coming days.”
Putin reached on Monday in the Russian far eastern city of Vladivostok to attend the Eastern Economic Forum.
The United States has voiced concern that North Korea will deliver weapons to Russia.
North Korea is one of the few nations to have openly backed Russia since the attack of Ukraine last year in February, and Putin vowed last week to “develop bilateral ties in all respects in a planned way by pooling efforts.”
North Korean Kim’s last trip abroad in 2019 was also to Vladivostok for his first summit with Putin after the failure of North Korea’s nuclear disarmament discussions with then-US President Donald Trump.
