US, South Korea and Japan warn Putin and Kim against any arms exchange

The United States, South Korea and Japan issued a warning to the Russian president this Thursday, Vladimir Putinand the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Unurging them to avoid any arms swap deal.

The three countries positioned themselves in this way after the summit held by the two leaders at the Vostochny cosmodrome, in the Siberian Amur region.

The three countries positioned themselves in this way after the summit held by the two leaders at the Vostochny cosmodrome, in the Siberian Amur region. Although details of the meeting were not made public, Putin later said, in statements on public television Rossía-1, that there is room for military and space cooperation with North Korea.

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Specifically, according to the White House, President Joe Biden’s main foreign advisor, Jake Sullivan, held a phone call this Thursday with his counterparts from Japan, Akiba Takeo, and South Korea, Cho Tae-yong, to analyze the summit between Kim and Put on.

In that call, Sullivan and his counterparts warned that any arms exports from North Korea to Russia would directly violate several United Nations Security Council resolutions on Pyongyang.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur region on September 13, 2023. (Photo by Vladimir SMIRNOV/POOL/AFP) ( VLADIMIR SMIRNOV/)

Furthermore, during the conversation, the three reiterated their commitment to continue cooperating and achieving the “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula, the White House detailed.

The meeting between Kim and Putin, captured in photographs and broadcast on television around the world, symbolizes a rapprochement between two Western adversaries and comes at a time when Russia is running out of ammunition for the war in Ukraine.

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According to media outlets such as the New York Times last week, citing US intelligence sources, Kim would be willing to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine with “millions” of anti-tank missiles and artillery shells, while Pyongyang would receive in return . in addition to food aid, satellite technology or nuclear-powered submarines.

Kim remains in Russia today, where he plans to visit an aircraft factory in the Amur city of Komsomolsk, where fighter jets are manufactured, and military facilities in Vladivostok.

Source: Elcomercio