SEOUL/WASHINGTON — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia, Japanese media reported on Tuesday (Sept 12), for what the Kremlin said would be a comprehensive discussion with President Vladimir Putin amid warnings from Washington they should not agree on an arms deal.
Mr Kim left Pyongyang for Russia on Sunday on his private train, the North's state media reported on Tuesday, accompanied by top arms industry and military officials and the foreign minister.
Mr Putin arrived in Vladivostok on Monday, Russia's TASS news agency said. He is scheduled to attend the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum, which runs through Wednesday. Pyongyang and Moscow have denied that North Korea would supply arms to Russia, which has expended vast stocks of weapons in more than 18 months of war.
"As you know, while implementing our relations with our neighbours, including North Korea, the interests of our two countries are important to us, and not warnings from Washington," Mr Peskov was quoted as saying.The North Korean delegation includes prominent members of the party who handle defence industry and military affairs, including Munitions Industry Department Director Jo Chun Ryong, an analyst said, which suggests the visit will focus on defence industry cooperation.
"Military cooperation would be violating Security Council resolutions, whatever does with the North," he said. "We, of course, have aggressively enforced our sanctions against entities that fund Russia's war effort... and will not hesitate to impose new sanctions appropriately," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters.
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