Post by Bobby. on Jun 19th, 2024 at 5:16pm
fatso and dwarf, walk on the red carpet:
Pyongyang welcomes Putin with fanfare as Russian leader makes first visit in 24 years
Wed June 19, 2024
Thousands of North Koreans chanting “welcome Putin” lined Pyongyang’s wide boulevards waving Russian and North Korean flags and bouquets of flowers Wednesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin kicked off his first visit to North Korea in 24 years.
Putin was met with exuberant fanfare for a welcome ceremony with his counterpart Kim Jong Un at Kim Il Sung Square in the heart of the North Korean capital, where mounted soldiers, military personnel and children holding balloons cheered against the backdrop of large portraits of the two leaders.
Putin and Kim presented their delegations and stood together as the Russian national anthem played before the two autocrats rode standing shoulder to shoulder in an open-top limousine as they smiled and waved to the crowds.
Putin landed in North Korea in the early hours of Wednesday local time for a rare visit, heralding Moscow’s deepening alignment with Pyongyang in the face of shared animosity toward the West and international concerns over their growing military cooperation.
Multiple governments have accused Pyongyang of supplying arms to Moscow for its grinding war in Ukraine, a charge both countries have denied, despite significant evidence of such transfers.
Russia has received more than 10,000 shipping containers –
the equivalent of 260,000 metric tons of munitions or munitions-related material
– from North Korea since September, according to a US statement in February. Russian forces have also launched at least 10 North Korea-made missiles on Ukraine since September, a US official also said in March.
Pyongyang welcomes Putin with fanfare as Russian leader makes first visit in 24 years
Wed June 19, 2024
Thousands of North Koreans chanting “welcome Putin” lined Pyongyang’s wide boulevards waving Russian and North Korean flags and bouquets of flowers Wednesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin kicked off his first visit to North Korea in 24 years.
Putin was met with exuberant fanfare for a welcome ceremony with his counterpart Kim Jong Un at Kim Il Sung Square in the heart of the North Korean capital, where mounted soldiers, military personnel and children holding balloons cheered against the backdrop of large portraits of the two leaders.
Putin and Kim presented their delegations and stood together as the Russian national anthem played before the two autocrats rode standing shoulder to shoulder in an open-top limousine as they smiled and waved to the crowds.
Putin landed in North Korea in the early hours of Wednesday local time for a rare visit, heralding Moscow’s deepening alignment with Pyongyang in the face of shared animosity toward the West and international concerns over their growing military cooperation.
Multiple governments have accused Pyongyang of supplying arms to Moscow for its grinding war in Ukraine, a charge both countries have denied, despite significant evidence of such transfers.
Russia has received more than 10,000 shipping containers –
the equivalent of 260,000 metric tons of munitions or munitions-related material
– from North Korea since September, according to a US statement in February. Russian forces have also launched at least 10 North Korea-made missiles on Ukraine since September, a US official also said in March.
