FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, Sept. 13, 2023. Kim used a Russian luxury limousine gifted by Putin recently, Kim’s sister said Saturday, March 16, 2024, praising the car’s “special function” and the two countries’ deepening bilateral ties.
In February, Putin sent Kim a high-end Aurus Senat limousine, which he had shown to the North Korean leader when they met for aaimed at pressuring the North to give up its nuclear weapons program by banning the supply of luxury items to North Korea.“The special function of the private car is perfect and can be thoroughly trusted,” Kim Yo Jong said.
According to Russian state media, Aurus was the first Russian luxury car brand, and it’s been used in motorcades of top officials since Putin first used an Aurus limousine during his inauguration ceremony in 2018.
North Korea’s state media separately reported Saturday that Kim Jong Un guided his troops conducting parachuting training the previous day. It’s unclear if Friday’s training was the same event in which Kim rode in the Russian limousine. The parachuting training was the latest in a series of military drills that Kim has supervised in recent days, likely in response to the annual 11-dayAfter watching Friday’s training, Kim ordered his military to conduct future training more intensively and make full preparation for a war, according to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency.
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