One is available to provide weapons, the other to give technology in return: Kim Jong Un prepares to travel by armored train to Russia to meet Putin

A North Korean delegation has already traveled to Russia with the aim of planning the visit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is heading to Russia – perhaps later this month – to meet with President Vladimir Putin. Reason: Discussion of the possibility of supplying Russia with more weapons New York timesWhich says other military cooperation would be on the table.

The announcement of the North Korean leader’s visit to Russia comes just hours after Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that joint exercises with North Korea are being discussed.

According to the North American newspaper, a North Korean delegation has already traveled to Russia by train with the aim of planning Kim Jong Un’s visit, which is scheduled to take place on an armored train heading to Vladivostok, on Russia’s Pacific coast, where the Eastern Economic Forum will be held from 10 to September 13. A possible trip to Moscow is not yet confirmed.

The meeting between the two leaders comes at a time when the two countries are talking about technological and military cooperation. It is expected that from this meeting an agreement will be reached to send North Korean weapons to Russian forces and that Russia will supply North Korea with advanced technology for satellites and nuclear-powered submarines, according to what the sources confirmed. The New York Times heard it.

Recently, the White House previously warned of an exchange of correspondence regarding arms shipments between the two countries, while the United States warned that negotiations were “progressing actively.”