Kim and Putin meet at remote Russian space center ahead of expected weapons talks as North Korea fires ballistic missiles

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at a remote space launch site in Russia’s far east Wednesday, ahead of anticipated arms talks and just hours after North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into waters off the Korean Peninsula.

The face to face meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, is seen as a significant development, bringing together two leaders who are increasingly isolated on the world stage and coming amid Russia’s protracted and faltering war on Ukraine and crippling UN sanctions. Video released by the Kremlin Wednesday showed the two leaders shaking hands while images show both the Russian and North Korean flags flying outside the cosmodrome building.

local time, into the waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. Analysts say it’s unusual for Pyongyang to conduct a launch while Kim is out of the country and could be “intended to show that the military maintains readiness with uninterrupted command and control,” according to Leif-Eric Easley, professor of international studies at Ewha Womans University in Seoul.

 

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