Ukraine war: Kim Jong Un ‘to visit Putin for weapons talks’
Kim Jong Un is planning to visit Russia this month to meet the Russian President, a US official has told CBS.
Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin will discuss the possibility of North Korea providing Moscow with weapons to support the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine, the official said.
The exact location of the planned meeting is not clear.
North Korea and Russia have not yet responded to the report, also being carried by other US media.
Sources told the New York Times that Kim was most likely to travel by armoured train.
The possible meeting comes after the White House said it had new information that arms negotiations between the two countries were “actively advancing”.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Russia’s Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, had tried to “convince Pyongyang to sell artillery ammunition” to Russia during a recent visit to North Korea.