Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to meet in Moscow on Thursday, April 25. Radio Free Europe reports the purpose of the meeting is to reinstate the close relationship the two countries had prior to 1991 when Russia’s financial support of North Korea was cut following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
We know there are always hidden agendas with dictators. These are not nice guys and not known to do anything without personal gain. Putin has never possessed the influence Kim Jong Un has with China. He could use that affiliation. He played up to North Korea before when trying to calm the waters between the United States, South Korea and Japan, as tensions periodically grew due to Kim Jung Un’s nuclear testing and activities. In 2017, the Kremlin opposed the international sanctions placed on North Korea (after the sixth nuclear bomb testing). The international sanctions and bombings were called “military hysteria”—a phrase we don’t see often, but should.
And we know Kim Jong Un would love to see sanctions against his country lifted in exchange for putting down his nuclear toys. Or rather, he would just like to see the sanctions lifted.
Kim Jong Un traveled from North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, to Vladivostok on a private armored train for the nearly 430 miles along with a delegation of government and armed forces officials.
”In the last few months, the situation around the peninsula has stabilized somewhat, thanks in large part to North Korea’s initiatives of stopping rocket testing and closing its nuclear test site,” he added.
“Initiative” seems to be the keyword as Kim Jong Un initially showed earnestness to stop the rocket testing when Donald Trump met with him in June 2018 and February 2019. Apparently, one of them continues to make/break false promises. Kim Jong Un points his finger at Trump. Given Trump’s worldwide reputation of being a big fat liar, which he proves daily, some might opt to believe the North Korean dictator on this one.