The United States government said Tuesday that it is “worried” about North Korea’s participation in the Ukraine conflict, after Pyongyang confirmed this week for the first time the sending of troops to Russia to combat the Ukrainian forces in operations that now ends.
In this context, several Russian and American media have reported that Russia and the United States are preparing a meeting with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. Sunday, the American newspaper Axios He informed, based on several sources, that the administration of the US president, Donald Trump, is considering resuming conversations with North Korea.
Trump has expressed his willingness to meet Kim Jong-un, possibly even face to face, so his national security team has begun to prepare for a possible meeting, as the newspaper has published . During his first term, President Trump met with Kim up to three times.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has already announced at the beginning of this spring that I was working on the visit of Kim Jong-Un to Russia. The dates have not yet been announced, but the Russian media have estimated that it will coincide with the Victory Day parade on May 9.
Russia and North Korea have strengthened their relations during the war of Russian aggression against Ukraine. The Russian authorities recognized last Saturday the participation of North Korean troops in the counteroffensive against the Ukrainian forces that penetrated the Russian region of Kursk coinciding with the declaration of the victory in this counterattack.
“A new page arises in the glorious annals of the military brotherhood of the Russian and Korean peoples,” said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zajarova, at a press conference.
Zajarova highlighted the work of the “RDPC fighters”, the Democratic Popular Republic of Korea, official name of North Korea. “They have been shoulder shoulder with Russian soldiers in the Kursk region, showing their strength and heroism. We will never forget our friends,” he said.
