A senior former US intelligence official said there would probably be restrictions on what Pyongyang would receive in return, and US Vice President Kamala Harris said on Thursday( Sept.7 ) that it would be a” huge mistake” for North Korea to trade military support with Russia for use in Ukraine.
According to a report released this month, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un intends to visit Russia this quarter to meet with President Vladimir Putin and explore arming Moscow with weapons for its conflict energy. US officials have issued warnings in recent days that arms negotiations between Russia and North Korea are constantly progressing.
Harris, who was in Indonesia for an ASEAN conference, told CBS News in an interview on Thursday that asking Russia for assistance from lonely North Korea would be a sign of desperation and would only serve to further isolate both nations.
It would be a grave error, in my opinion. The notion that they would be providing weapons for that purpose is a grave error. I also firmly believe that this will further extract Russia and North Korea, Harris said.
Jake Sullivan, the White House’s national security adviser, warned Kim that his nation would give a value for providing Russia with arms to use in Ukraine and stated on Tuesday that talks between North Korea and Russia were ongoing.
Washington imposed restrictions on organizations it claimed were connected to wings agreements between North Korea and Russia next month.
Kim claimed that Kim’s potential meeting with Putin” seems to be the result of a calculation that there are some benefits from this in the near-term ,” according to Sydney Seiler, who retired from the US National Intelligence Council this summer as the national intelligence officer for North Korea.
The worst-case scenario, according to him, is that this relationship between North Korea and Russia escalates to the point where Russia positively works to enhance the country’s government functions.
However, there were customary restrictions on the assistance that Russia has given to North Korea, which has developed a powerful ballistic missile and nuclear arms program despite foreign punishment, and Moscow’s commitment to the goal of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula.
The good news is that, in my opinion, many of those conventional restrictions or criteria… will act as a limiting issue ,” Seiler said.
As the nation recovers from a protracted stoppage caused by the COVID-19 crisis, he claimed Kim may be looking to fill gaps in military sources across the board and in food supplies.
According to Seiler,” the element of what North Korea is ready to get out of Russia will be crucial in determining its proper effect.” Is it food, supplies, a substance required to resume factories, or pull munitions assemblage lines?
In light of worries about funding the weapon, nuclear, or normal programs, is Russia really trying to improve North Korea’s capabilities?
Seiler suggested that until Pyongyang is able to launch its own defense satellite into orbit, Russia might agree to supply North Korea with satellite imagery.
All of this could be disturbing, he said.