By Simon Denyer and Simon Denyer Tokyo bureau chief covering Japan, North Korea and South Korea. Email Bio Follow Anton Troianovski Anton Troianovski Moscow bureau chief covering Russia Email Bio Follow April 17 at 8:47 AM TOKYO — Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un may finally be ready to meet for the first time, as Russia seeks to extend its influence and North Korea tries to hedge its bets after the failed summit with President Trump.
For Kim, a summit with Putin would be another step in the international rehabilitation of the once-ostracized leader. It would also be Kim’s chance to send a signal to both Washington and Beijing that he has other options. Two Russian parliamentary delegations visited Pyongyang last month and this week, while there have been daily contacts between officials from the two sides in recent weeks, one diplomat said.
But the calculation in Pyongyang may have changed after the breakdown of February’s summit with Trump in Hanoi. Last week, Kim gave the United States until the end of the year to fundamentally change its stance. In the meantime, Kim is likely to be looking to China and Russia for diplomatic support and covert sanctions relief.
Relations with China have improved dramatically in the past year, but there is still plenty of deep-rooted distrust between Pyongyang and Beijing.“Kim doesn’t want to put all his eggs in China’s basket since there is heavy reliance on the country for North Korea’s economic livelihood,” said David Kim, a research analyst at the Stimson Center in Washington. “Being under the shadow of China gives all the more reason to hedge against it.
It's Time to stop playing games..Out to lunch....When will we end this maddness...It's been to long ago about how to determine the course we all are going...
Little pea nuss man rides again
Donnie and Vlad will race each other at Dead Man's Curve to see who gets Kim
USA should talk to his outcasted sister
Is The U.S. The New Weakling On The International Stage Under Trump?
Translation: Kim Jong Un also has the pee-pee tapes
Isn’t this guy invited?
Little thug. And his people suffer.
He’s trying to make lover trump jealous
Policy shifts? It's NOT Putin's intentions to have NK get rid of nukes! Saw trailer for 'Chernobyl' and thru God's wisdom was reminded that getting world leaders to stop nuke plans isn't a threat or solution, having ANYONE have them is THE UNNECESSARY RISK & THREAT!
Axis
Both of them are dangerous
Morroson is a dickmate he said no discrim but hasit in fourign pol
Putin is going to show trump how it's done.
Oh, the band is getting back together...
Thanks to a weak, jaded, corrupt, complicit American oligarch aka president. The plan is coming together; step aside realDonaldTrump . PutinsPuppet MSNBC
Well look at Kim, just wheelin and dealin
The BeGotti wants to set up a new global axisymmetric....the white male patriarchal god-head is gone.
Kim is convinced that he can outwit the Orange Idiot by flattering him.
Do they write beautiful letters to one another?
he is having a go for his people so where and what?
Interesting how trump never gets riled up about this but gets fired up about immigrants crossing the border
That's the right summit for 2 similar individuals
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