SEOUL/MOSCOW: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday (Sep 13) in Russia's Far East, state media said, for talks that Washington suspects will involve defence cooperation, while at home
"I am glad to see you," Putin said as he shook Kim's hand for about 40 seconds, welcoming him at Vostochny Cosmodrome, a modern space launch facility in the Amur region of Russia's Far East."This is our new cosmodrome."
US and South Korean officials have expressed concern that Kim would discuss providing weapons and ammunition to Russia,. Moscow and Pyongyang have denied such intentions. It was the first such launch by the North while Kim was abroad, analysts said, who has travelled outside the country only seven times in his 12 years in power, all in 2018 and 2019. He also briefly stepped across the inter-Korean border twice.
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