Russian President Vladimir Putin was greeted in Pyongyang by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The Kremlin said Putin’s first visit there in 24 years may lead to the signing of a 'strategic partnership treaty' between the two countries.
SEOUL, South Korea — The streets of the North Korean capital were lined Wednesday with cheering crowds, mounted soldiers and grand portraits — not for Kim Jong Un, but for his guest and growing ally, Vladimir Putin.
The deal could “lay the groundwork for arms trade and also facilitate their anti-U.S. and anti-West coalition,” said Lami Kim, a professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu. Officials in the West are concerned about weapons and intelligence sharing that could both help Putin’s army in Ukraine, and threaten the U.S. and its allies in Asia.
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