There is no better symbolism: shortly before Kim Jong-Un met with Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny cosmodrome, Two ballistic missiles were fired at North Korea. short range. If there were doubts about what the North Korean leader thinks about United Nations rules, the fall of the missiles in the Sea of Japan says it all. In Russia little was said – at least, in public – and we will have to wait for the information leaks (controlled by the Kremlin) to understand what was sealed with the long handshake between the Russian President and the Supreme Leader of the North. Korean.
What is certain is that, against the “forces of evil” and “imperialism” (read the United States), Kim will side with the “holy war” led by Moscow. Relations with Russia, Kim Jing-un stressed in his speech with the Russian president, “are the first priority.” If it could be understood that the North Korean leader was offering soldiers to Putin to go to the battle front with Ukraine, the Kremlin put that idea aside: the possibility of sending North Korean troops to the Ukrainian border area was not discussed. between Russia and Ukraine.
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Source: Observadora