South Korea has expressed “deep concern and regret” over a meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin that was apparently focused on expanding military cooperation as the two isolated, nuclear-armed leaders vowed to support each other in their escalating confrontations with the United States.
A TV screen shows an image of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Kim vowed"full and unconditional support" for Putin on Wednesday as the two leaders isolated by the West held a summit that the U.S. warned could lead to a deal to supply ammunition for Moscow's war in Ukraine.
“Any science and technology cooperation that contributes to nuclear weapons and missile development, including satellite systems that involve ballistic missile technologies, runs against U.N. Security Council resolutions,” he said in a briefing. Seoul’s Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho, who handles affairs with North Korea, warned that potential arms transfers between Pyongyang and Moscow would only invite stronger responses from South Korea, the U.S. and Japan, which have been stepping up theirWhite House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday that North Korea would face consequences if it supplies arms to Russia.
He said that any deal that would improve North Korea’s military capabilities “certainly would be of significant concern to us.”
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