jlbet Russian delegations visit Pyongyang as Ukraine war deepens ties
This picture taken on November 18, 2024 and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on November 19, 2024 shows North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (R) posing with Russia’s Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexander Kozlov at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Pyongyang. Agence France-Presse
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Monday with Russia’s natural resources minister in Pyongyang, state media reported, as visiting delegations from Moscow highlighted deepening ties amid the Ukraine war.
Kim met with Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexander Kozlov, who is leading a delegation to an inter-governmental panel on “cooperation in trade, economy, science and technology,” the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
Article continues after this advertisementMeanwhile a delegation from a Russian military academy also arrived in the North Korean capital, KCNA said, without providing details on the purpose of the visit.
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The United States and South Korea have accused the nuclear-armed North of sending more than 10,000 soldiers to help Russia fight Ukraine, with experts saying Kim was eager for Moscow’s advanced technology, plus battle experience for his troops, in return.
Article continues after this advertisementNorth Korea recently ratified a landmark defense pact with Russia, formalizing months of tightening military bonds between two nations that were Communist allies throughout the Cold War.
Article continues after this advertisementNoting the new treaty, Kim called in his meeting with Kozlov for “further promoting” trade as well as “scientific and technological exchange,” according to KCNA.
Article continues after this advertisementTheir meeting “proceeded in a friendly and sincere atmosphere,” KCNA said.
READ: North Korea says will stand by Russia until ‘victory’ in Ukraine
Article continues after this advertisementIn exchange for North Korea’s sending troops, the West fears Russia is offering technological support that could advance Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.
The reclusive state recently fired a salvo of ballistic missiles and tested a new solid-fuel ICBM, while Washington has said that North Korean troops have begun combat operations alongside Russian forces.
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