By North Korea may supply Russia with more weaponry for its war in Ukraine and other military cooperation, it has emerged. Kim Jong-un plans to travel to Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin this month to discuss the matter, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing US and allied sources.
Kim would travel from Pyongyang, probably by armoured train, to Vladivostok, on the Pacific Coast of Russia, where he would meet with Putin, the newspaper said.
The planned trip would come as Russia discusses holding joint military exercises with North Korea and after Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had tried on a visit to North Korea to convince Pyongyang to sell artillery ammunition to Russia.
The US has previously warned that North Korea could provide more weapons to Russia, whose forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a war that the United States and its European allies vehemently oppose and that Moscow calls a ‘special military operation.’
White House national security spokesman John Kirby said last week that the United States was concerned that arms negotiations between the two countries were advancing actively.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
