Kremlin is working on plans to host Kim Jong Un in Russia

Hawaii News Now — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 13:15:45 +0000

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center left, and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walk together before their meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. Pompeo said that he and Kim made unspecified progress Sunday toward an agreement for the North to give up its nuclear weapons, though there was no immediate indication whether Pompeo had managed to arrange a much-anticipated second summit between Kim and President Donald Trump. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) (朝鮮通信社)

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks after a signing of agreement ceremony in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. India has signed a $5 billion deal to buy 5 Russian S-400 air defense systems despite a looming threat of U.S. sanctions on countries that trade with Russia’s defense and intelligence sectors. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) (AP)

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says it is working on plans to host North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Moscow.

Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Monday that Putin extended an invitation to Kim last month to visit Russia, and that Moscow is working on the details of where and when that meeting could happen.

Peskov’s comments follow a visit to North Korea by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss the country’s nuclear disarmament and setting up another meeting between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump.

North Korea entered talks with the U.S. and South Korea earlier this year, saying it’s willing to negotiate away its advancing nuclear arsenal. Nuclear diplomacy later stalled because of suspicions over how sincere North Korea is about its disarmament pledge.

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Putin ready to meet North Korea’s Kim at ‘early date’

AFP via The Times of Israel — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 02:51:50 +0000

Russian president eager to ‘establish a dialogue’ with Pyongyang.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the plenary session at the 5th Caspian Summit in Aktau on August 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Sputnik / Alexey NIKOLSKY)

SEOUL, South Korea — Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “at an early date,” the North’s state media reported Wednesday, amid a rapid diplomatic thaw on the peninsula.

Putin invited Kim and the South’s President Moon Jae-in in June to an economic forum in Vladivostok next month, although it is not known whether the North Korean leader responded to the invitation.
In a message to Kim on the North’s National Liberation Day — marking the end of Japanese rule over Korea at the end of World War II — Putin reiterated his intention for a summit.

“I affirm that I am ready to meet you at an early date to discuss urgent issues of bilateral relations and important matters of the region,” Putin said in a message carried by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency.

The message did not offer a specific date for the meeting.

Putin expressed hopes to further develop “reciprocal cooperation including the realization of the tripartite project” that would also involve South Korea.

US President Donald Trump (R) and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un shake hands following a signing ceremony during their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)

In his daily briefing for journalists on Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed Putin sent the telegram in which he “stressed his desire and readiness to establish a dialogue.”

Asked about a possible meeting between the two leaders in Vladivostok, Peskov said the economic forum is “open for all the leaders of the region” but added that Moscow has “so far” not received confirmation from Pyongyang that Kim Jong Un will attend.

Kim also sent a message to Putin, KCNA reported, noting the “valuable tradition” of their joint wartime struggle against Japan was the “strong roots” of their bilateral relations.

The message gave no response to Putin’s invitation, although KCNA did not make it clear if Kim’s message came before or after the letter from Moscow.

The rapid diplomatic thaw on the Korean Peninsula since the Winter Olympics has seen Kim meet with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in twice, as well as Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/putin-ready-to-meet-north-koreas-kim-at-early-date/

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Kremlin is working on plans to host Kim Jong Un in Russia

Putin ready to meet North Korea’s Kim at ‘early date’