Phone calls in view of the summit between Trump and the head of the Kremlin
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-a expressed his “full support” to Russia in the telephone interviews had Tuesday with Vladimir Putin, in view of the imminent summit in Alaska between the American president Donald Trump and the head of the Kremlin. This was reported by the official Kcna agency, marking the first time the North gives an account of Kim’s telephone conversation with a foreign leader.
The respected marshal “expressed the firm conviction that North Korea will always remain faithful to the spirit of the Pyongyang-Moste treaty and fully support all the measures that will be adopted by the Russian leadership in the future”, regarding the Treaty of Mutual Defense signed in Pyongynag from the two nations in June 2024 and which provides for the supply of military assistance “without delay” if one of the two parties ” suffers an attack.
On the deployment of North Korean troops for the Russian war against Ukraine, Putin has greatly appreciated “the courage, heroism and the spirit of sacrifice shown by the staff of the popular army of Korea in the liberation of the Kursk, part of the Russian territory”, added the Kcna. The Russian Tass press agency had previously reported that Putin had informed Kim of his imminent summit with Trump during the telephone interviews, events not reported by the KCNA.
However, the North state agency specified that Putin congratulated North Korea for the imminent anniversary of the “80 years of liberation”, on August 15, which recalls the end of the Japanese colonial domain of 1910-1945.
Kim and Putin, always in the North Korean reading, reiterated their will to strengthen cooperation and have agreed to “establish closer contacts in the future”. North Korea sent troops and weapons to Russia to support Moscow’s war efforts. The Russian media have also reported that the North will send 5,000 military construction workers and 1,000 genieri to Kursk to support reconstruction efforts.
