North Korea and Russia look to be forging deeper military and political ties as Moscow's appetite for weaponry grows amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
A White House official said Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin this month and that arms negotiations between the countries "are actively advancing."Alexander Zemlianichenko | Afp | Getty Imagesthat Kim Yong Un would likely travel from Pyongyang to Russia's Pacific Coast city of Vladivostok in an armored train, citing unnamed U.S. and allied sources.
There has been long-standing concern over Russia and North Korea's deepening ties in the military sphere. "I would like to reaffirm our principled position: we will be ready to consider the possibility of reviving the 'grain deal' ... and we will do this immediately — as soon as all the agreements on lifting restrictions recorded in it are fully implemented for the export of Russian agricultural products," Putin said following the talks in Sochi,The Black Sea Grain Initiative was brokered by the U.N.
On Monday, the head of the Bundestag Defense Committee and German Free Democratic Party Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann blamed Scholz for the delay.Writing on X, previously known as Twitter,"What is the @Bundeskanzler [German Chancellor] waiting for in God's name? He alone blocks this decision within the coalition. That's irresponsible," she wrote, without presenting evidence for her claim.
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