The Russian president will travel to the country on Tuesday for a two-day visit. During his trip to Russia in September 2023, he had already declared that ties between North Korea and Moscow were his country’s “number one priority”.
In September 2023, the meeting between Kim Jong-Un and Vladimir Putin took place in Russia. Nine months later, it is the Russian president’s turn to go to North Korea, for a two-day visit Tuesday and Wednesday. His last visit was in July 2000.
These meetings are a sign of the increased rapprochement between Moscow and Pyongyang in recent years.
Both countries are under major international sanctions. North Korea is accused by the West of supplying Russia with ammunition for its war in Ukraine.
