Negotiations on Arms Supply Between Russia and North Korea Progressing: Updates on Kim Jong-Un and Vladimir Putin Meeting

2023-09-04 21:33:45

Cover Image: A portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un alongside his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is displayed during a meeting between Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (second from left) and Kim Jong-Un (center), at the headquarters of the Workers’ Party, the single party, in Pyongyang, July 27, 2023. AP

“As we have already said, negotiations on the supply of arms between Russia and North Korea are actively progressing”, said Monday, September 4 Adrienne Watson, a spokeswoman for the National Security Council of the White House. And “We know that Kim Jong-un, [le leader nord-coréen] wishes that these negotiations continue, with in particular a diplomatic exchange at the highest level in Russia “she added in an email to the press.Vladimir Putin is ready to relaunch the grain agreement only in the event of “lifting of restrictions on the export of Russian agricultural products”. Vladimir Putin said on Monday he was ready to relaunch the grain agreement allowing Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea provided his demands are met. “We will do this as soon as all agreements regarding the lifting of restrictions on the export of Russian agricultural products are fully implemented”said Vladimir Putin during a press conference in Sochi, in the south of Russia, alongside his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Russia claimed on Monday morning to have destroyed four fast military patrol boats in the Black Sea. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the boats were carrying « landing parties of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which were traveling in the direction of » from Cape Tarkhankout, located in the west of the annexed Crimean peninsula.Moscow also announced that it had shot down a Ukrainian drone off the coast of Crimea overnight from Sunday to Monday, as well as a second device in the Russian oblast of Kursk.bordering Ukraine. Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced on Sunday evening the upcoming replacement of his defense minister, Oleksii Reznikov, by Rustem Umerov. Mr. Reznikov, implicated in a corruption case, “has gone through more than five hundred and fifty days of war. I believe the ministry needs new approaches”explained the Ukrainian president.The Ukrainian army has made a major breakthrough in the Russian defense lines in southern Ukraine, says one of his senior generals to the British daily The Guardian. “We are now between the first and the second line of defence” Russians, says General Oleksandr Tarnavsky, in charge of the counter-offensive in the South.

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