Moscow and Pyongyang look to be forging arms deals at a critical juncture in Russia’s war in Ukraine — when even North Korean-made weapons are in demand.
SEOUL — Weapons deals are expected to be top of the agenda as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to arrive in Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, while Moscow looks to replenish its depleted stockpiles in its war against Ukraine.Kim was invited by Putin to arrive in the coming days, according to Russia’s Tass news agency and North Korea’s state media. South Korean media reported Monday that Kim had departed for the Russian port city of Vladivostok, citing unnamed officials.
Kim is likely to ask for food aid and weapons technology in return for supplying Russia with Soviet-designed munitions, according to U.S. and South Korean officials and security experts. Pyongyang is also likely to be interested in increasing the number of North Korean laborers working in Russia to generate much-needed foreign currency, despite U.N. bans.
Making his first known international trip since imposing a strict border shutdown in early 2020, Kim left Pyongyang on Monday on his famously slow-moving armored train, according to South Korean media reports.
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