SEOUL: Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, stated on Thursday( Oct 19) that he wanted to establish a” forward-looking” relationship with Russia during his meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, according to state media.
The two-day visit by the seasoned envoy is anticipated to set the stage for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit, who was invited by Kim last month to a high-profile mountain in the far west of Russia.
Western worries that Pyongyang might give Moscow & nbsp weapons for its war in Ukraine were stoked by the summit in September.
According to Kim, using the formal abbreviation for North Korea, the ruling workers party and the government” should work out a steady, forward-looking, far-reaching plan for the DPRK-Russia relations in the fresh era.”
Lavrov criticized the US’s” risky” approach to North Korea while praising the” new, strategic amount” of ties between Moscow and Pyongyang.
Lavrov told reporters, according to Soviet information organizations,” We are really concerned about the increase of military action in the region by the United States, Japan, and South Korea, as well as by Washington’s policies.”
Seoul has moved to improve its security partnership with traditional alliance the United States while entering a multilateral defense agreement that also includes Japan in response to Pyongyang’s record-breaking series of weapons tests this year.
While an American nuclear-armed underwater made a North Korean interface call for the first time in years in July, Seoul and Washington have staged joint military exercises with sophisticated stealing planes and US proper resources.
The first B-52 fighter to land in the nation since at least 2000 is now parked at Cheongju airport, around 100 kilometers south of Seoul, and is capable of carrying a radioactive payload.
The bomb will participate in a mutual flying drill on Sunday near the Korean island that will include South Korea, the United States, and Japan, according to local media reports from this week.
STRONGER RELATIONSHIP
However, Lavrov noted on Thursday that tensions between North Korea and Russia have likewise increased.
At a conference, Lavrov reportedly told North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui,” After the historic peak, we can say with confidence that relationships have reached an subjectively new, geopolitical stage.”