(Moscow) The Kremlin said on Friday it was preparing a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to North Korea, a country accused by the West of supplying Moscow with munitions for its offensive in Ukraine.
“President Putin received an invitation to make an official visit to North Korea. This visit is currently being prepared. We will announce the dates of this trip in due time,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agency Ria Novosti.
The Russian president received North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Russia in September 2023, a summit at the end of which no agreement was officially signed.
But the West and in particular the United States, however, accuse Pyongyang of delivering arms and ammunition to Russia for its military campaign in Ukraine.
In January, Mr. Putin met North Korean Foreign Minister Choi Son-hee in Moscow, a new sign of rapprochement between the two countries which have a common border.