Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Unus undertake to deepen his cooperation, according to the state media of Pyongyang on Wednesday, just before Putin’s planned summit with Donald Trump on Alaska.
On Tuesday’s call, Putin thanked Kim for his support for his war in Ukraine because both leaders “exchanged opinions on questions of mutual concern,” said the official Korean central agency North Korea. The Kremlin previously said that Putin had shared information with Kim “In connection with the upcoming interviews” with Trump.
“Kim Jong Un expressed the conviction that DPRK would always remain faithful to the spirit of the DPRK-Russia treaty and fully support all the measures to be taken in the future by Russian leadership,” KCNA said, referring to mutual defense signed last year. DPRK means the official name of the North, the Korean Democratic People’s Republic.
According to North Korea, a telephone interview took place in the “warm comrades”, according to North Korea, only three days before Putin and Trump meet at Alaska as part of the last American efforts to negotiate income in the Ukrainian conflict, now in the fourth year.
Russia and North Korea have strengthened their relationship in recent years, with Pyongyang provided both units and weapons to support the Russian military campaign in Ukraine.
Both nations formalized their growing alliance by signing the Mutual Defense agreement during Putin’s visit to North Korea last year.
In April North Korea first acknowledged that she had sent a group of soldiers to fight alongside the Russian forces on the Ukrainian front.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio conducted interviews with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to laid the foundations for Friday’s summit among their relevant presidents, warning that the meeting is unlikely to bring a breakthrough in the war of Ukraine.
“Both parties confirmed their obligation to ensure a successful event,” said Tammy Bruce, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry. Bruce did not work on the content of the call.
Putin demanded that Ukraine surrender to the regions of Donetsk and Luhanski, which is the idea that Ukrainian President Volodymyr refused Zlensky. Trump suggested that it is aboard with the idea that Russia and Ukraine exchange some territory.
Trump said he would push Putin on Friday to end the war and that it was important for the Russian leader to meet green, Bloomberg reported.
“The President agrees to this meeting at the request of President Putin,” said the White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt. “The aim of this meeting for the President is to leave with a better understanding of how we can end this war.”
(With the entry from agencies)
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