global | 2023.09.06 05:26
[휴스턴=뉴스핌] Correspondent Ko In-won = While the possibility of a meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been raised, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on the 5th (local time) that if the meeting takes place, there will be substantial benefits to both sides.
Previously, the New York Times (NYT) reported on the 4th that Kim would visit Russia next week at the earliest to hold talks with President Putin.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a summit in Vladivostok on April 25, 2019. [사진=노동신문]
In this regard, the WSJ said, “Chairman Kim has many reasons to meet President Putin,” and predicted that North Korea would be able to alleviate the food crisis through Russia and show off its alliance with Russia both domestically and internationally.
In particular, it is analyzed that strengthening military cooperation with Russia at a time when South Korea, the United States and Japan are strengthening trilateral cooperation will have the effect of informing the world that North Korea also has friendly forces.
Professor Artyom Lukin, a professor at Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, Russia, said, “Chairman Kim is well aware that even if North Korea has nuclear weapons, it is weaker than the ROK-US-Japan alliance. North Korea really feels threatened.”
Russia also has a lot to gain from Chairman Kim’s visit. First of all, the WSJ observed that Russia, which suffers from a serious labor shortage in Siberia and the Far East, will be able to dispatch workers from North Korea.
However, what Russia wants most from North Korea is securing ammunition and other military supplies necessary for the war in Ukraine. The WSJ noted that the possibility of a summit between Kim and Putin was raised when Ukraine partially broke through the Russian defense line on the southern front, and said, “North Korea can help stabilize supplies while Russia ramps up munitions production.” there will be,” he diagnosed.
However, it was believed that North Korea would not have the ability to produce and supply modern weapons due to a lack of raw materials or facilities due to years of international sanctions.
The arms trade between North Korea and Russia and the dispatch of workers abroad are all violations of UN Security Council resolutions, but the WSJ reported that there is no way for the international community to actually sanction them.
“International sanctions will not work as long as China and Russia prevent the international community from exerting additional pressure,” Jeon In-beom, former commander of the Special Warfare Command, told the WSJ. There will be no,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Russian side expressed its position that there was “nothing to say” about the report of the meeting between Chairman Kim and President Putin.
“We cannot confirm this news,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in response to NYT reports of a possible meeting between the two leaders, according to Russia’s Sputnik news agency.
The White House has warned North Korea that it will pay the price if it provides weapons to Russia for use in the war in Ukraine.
In a briefing on the 5th, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said, “It would give a bad impression to North Korea to provide Russia with weapons to be used in the war in Ukraine.” Society will pay the price.”
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2023-09-05 19:56:00
