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2023 North Korea–Russia summit
Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin meeting at Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast, Russia (12 September 2023)
Date12 September 2023
LocationVostochny Cosmodrome, Tsiolkovsky, Amur Oblast, Russia
ParticipantsRussia Vladimir Putin (President)
North Korea Kim Jong Un (President of the State Affairs)

The 2023 North Korea–Russia summit is a summit meeting between North Korea and Russia where North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 12 September 2023.

The Meeting was held at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East.[1]

It is Kim Jong Un's first foreign visit since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea in 2020.[2] This meeting also took place amidst an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for Putin for his role of illegal transfer of children in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Both North Korea and Russia are not parties to the Rome Statute; but Russia withdrew in 2016 over the annexation of Crimea in 2014.[3]

Meeting

In early September 2023, it was reported that Kim Jong Un would be visiting Russia sometime that month.[4] On 10 September, the meeting was confirmed by both sides after Kim Jong Un departed Pyongyang with his personal armoured train that he had previously used to visit Russia in 2019.[5] The meeting was speculated to centre around the possibility of Russia receiving large amounts of North Korean ammunition stockpiles from the Soviet era, in exchange for Russian help in developing military reconnaissance satellites and food aid.[6]

Kim arrived in Russia on 12 September.[7] During the meeting, Kim once again gave his support for Russia’s “sacred fight” against the west, expressing his “...support for all the measures taken by the Russian government, and [he] takes this opportunity again to affirm that [he] will always be with Russia." When asked if Russia would help North Korea build satellites, Putin said “that’s why [they] came here."[8][9]

Reactions

Two days later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the South Korean Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong who gave South Korea financial support US$2.3 billion to Ukraine for reconstruction and recovery and thanked its support for its sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "North Korea's Kim vows full support for Russia at a summit with Putin at a Far East spaceport". AP News. 2023-09-13. Archived from the original on 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  2. ^ Smith, Josh (12 September 2023). "How Kim Jong Un's meeting with Putin could shake up North Korea-Russia relations". Reuters. Archived from the original on 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Putin's North Korean "pariah summit" underlines his international isolation". 14 September 2023. Archived from the original on 15 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. ^ Wong, Edward; Barnes, Julian E. (2023-09-04). "Kim Jong-un and Putin Plan to Meet in Russia to Discuss Weapons". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  5. ^ "Kim Jong Un's Train Headed Toward Russia for Putin Talks". Bloomberg.com. 2023-09-11. Archived from the original on 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  6. ^ "Kim Jong Un to visit Russia, expected to meet with Putin". PBS NewsHour. 2023-09-11. Archived from the original on 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  7. ^ McCurry, Justin; Roth, Andrew (2023-09-12). "Kim Jong-un arrives in Russia to meet Putin as US threatens sanctions". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  8. ^ McCurry, Justin; Roth, Andrew (2023-09-13). "Kim Jong-un offers Putin 'full support' in Russia's 'sacred fight' with west". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  9. ^ "North Korea's Kim vows full support for Moscow at a summit with Putin in Russia". AP News. 2023-09-13. Archived from the original on 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  10. ^ "Ukraine, South Korea sign intergovernmental agreement on soft loans". www.ukrinform.net. Archived from the original on 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  11. ^ "President of Ukraine had a meeting with Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport of the Republic of Korea". Archived from the original on 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
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