Talks between Kim Jong Un, North Korean leader, and Russian
President Vladimir Putin have wrapped up after a two-day visit.
The North Korean president’s last visit to Russia was in
2019 and he has not met any foreign official since March 2020.
On Wednesday, the leaders met at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, a
space centre in Russia, where Putin said Moscow will help Pyongyang, North Korea’s
capital, to build satellites.
“That’s exactly why we came here,” Putin said.
“The leader of North
Korea shows great interest in space, in rocketry, and they are trying to
develop space. We’ll show our new objects.”
North Korea has made space technology a priority but has
tried and failed twice this year to launch a spy satellite into orbit.
Jong Un said the
meeting has propelled Russia into North Korea’s “first priority”, assuring that
the Asian country will support the Kremlin in its fight against ruling forces.
“As you said, the
Soviet Union played a very big role in the liberation of our country, as well
as in the independence of our state, and our friendship has deep roots,” Jong
Un said.
“And now, relations with the Russian federation are the very
first priority for our country. I am sure that our meeting will be the next
step to take relations to a new level.
“Now Russia has risen to the sacred fight to protect its
sovereignty and security against the hegemonic forces that oppose Russia. And
now we want to further develop the relationship.
“We will prioritise the North Korea-Russia relationship and
put it as the number one priority of our foreign policy from now on.”
When asked if the two will negotiate an arms deal, Putin
said “all issues” will be discussed “without haste”.
‘FIGHTING
IMPERIALISM’
Jong Un also assured Putin that “we will always support the
decisions of President Putin and the Russian leadership”.
“I also hope that we will always be together in the fight
against imperialism and for the construction of a sovereign state,” the North
Korean leader said.
North Korea views the United States as the nation which
tries to invade other countries on the pretext of establishing peace.
At an anti-US rally in Pyongyang this year, people carried
placards with the slogan: “The imperialist US is the destroyer of peace”.
The US has also been very vocal in condemning Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine, and has supported Ukraine by providing arms worth billions
of dollars and money.
On Monday, the US state department said it would closely
monitor the meeting and warned that it will not hesitate to impose new
sanctions if there is any transfer of arms from North Korea to Russia.
Since 2006, the United Nations (UN) security council has
passed nearly a dozen resolutions sanctioning North Korea for developing
nuclear weapons and related activities.
The US and other countries have also imposed unilateral
sanctions.
The sanctions ban the trade of weapons and military
equipment, freeze the assets of people involved in the nuclear program, and
restrict scientific cooperation, among other actions.
But the punishments have not pressured North Korea to
denuclearise.
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