The Russian president will visit Pyongyang for the first time in 24 years.
In this file photo, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un visit in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, Sept. 13, 2023.The Kremlin revealed Putin's letter published in North Korea's state newspaper Tuesday in which Putin referred to the relationship with North Korea as "friendship" and "neighborliness."
In the letter, Putin also hinted at closer cooperation, unrestrained by the Western world. He wrote of a plan to "develop alternative trade and mutual settlements mechanisms not controlled by the West," calling for a joint movement to oppose the unilateral restrictions that Russia believes to be illegitimate.
"Putin's visit is in part to thank North Korea for acting as an 'arsenal for autocracy' in support of his illegal invasion of Ukraine," Leif-Eric Easley, professor of international studies at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, told ABC News. "Moscow's transfer of sensitive military technologies to Pyongyang would not only violate UN sanctions but could also destabilize the Korean Peninsula and East Asia.
Another agenda item likely to be on the table is cooperation in space technology. North Korea is in desperate need of Russia's help to upgrade its ambitious space program at the moment. The regimeits second reconnaissance satellite, and the satellite that is up and running in space is also questioned for its performance.
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