Russian President Vladimir Putin will be in North Korea on June 18-19 to hold talks with the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un.
This was reported by the North Korean state news agency KCNA, as seen by Ukrinform.
It will be Putin’s first trip to Pyongyang in 24 years, being a return visit after Kim’s trip to the Russian Far East last September, where the two leaders held a rare meeting.
One of the main goals of the Russian leader’s visit to the DPRK, observers believe, will be to find ways to expand military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang.
This may include concluding agreements on increasing the supply of North Korean artillery shells and missiles to Russia for the war against Ukraine in exchange for Russian military technology.
As Ukrinform reported earlier, North Korea has likely already delivered to Russia nearly 5 million artillery rounds in exchange for technology for space satellites and conventional weapons.
朝鲜国家通讯社报道，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京将于 6 月 18 日至 19 日访问朝鲜，与该国领导人金正恩举行会谈。
这将是普京 24 年来首次访问平壤，也是金正恩去年 9 月访问俄罗斯远东地区后的回访，当时两位领导人在那里举行了一次罕见的会晤。
观察人士认为，俄罗斯领导人访问朝鲜的主要目标之一是寻找扩大莫斯科和平壤军事合作的方法。
这可能包括达成增加朝鲜向俄罗斯供应用于对乌克兰战争的炮弹和导弹，以换取俄罗斯的军事技术的协议。
乌克兰通讯社早些时候报道，朝鲜可能已经向俄罗斯交付了近 500 万发炮弹，以换取太空卫星和常规武器的技术。
