The leaders met at a remote Siberian rocket launch facility, where the North Korean leader peppered a Russian space official with questions about the rockets.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country offers its full and unconditional support for Russia’s “sacred fight” to defend its security interests, in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine.
The two men began their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome with a tour of a Soyuz-2 space rocket launch facility, at which Kim peppered a Russian space official with questions about the rockets. Kim and Putin then met with their delegations and later one-on-one, according to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
The decision to meet at Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia’s most important domestic satellite launch facility, suggests that Kim is seeking Russian technical assistance for his efforts to develop military reconnaissance satellites, which he has described as crucial in enhancing the threat of his nuclear-capable missiles.In recent months, North Korea has repeatedly failed to put its first military spy satellite into orbit.
Kim also brought Jo Chun-ryong, a ruling party official in charge of munitions policies who joined him on recent tours of factories producing artillery shells and missiles, according to South Korean authorities.
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