Pyeongyang confirms Kim Jong-un will soon meet with Putin for summit talks
- 5 years ago
North Korea announced this morning that its leader Kim Jong-un will visit Russia and have a summit with President Vladimir Putin.
For more let's connect to our unification ministry correspondent Oh Jung-hee, who's joining us on the line.
Jung-hee, tell us more.
Sure, Mark.
Pyeongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency released a report this morning that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will soon visit Russia on the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
It added that there will be a summit between Kim and Putin.
But the report did not provide details about when and where the summit will happen.
Pyeongyang's announcement on the summit comes at the same time as a confirmation from the Kremlin -- that Kim and Putin will meet by the end of April.
The upcoming Pyeongyang-Moscow summit is the first of its kind in eight years.
In 2011, Kim's late father and the former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il met with then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Though the announcements from both North Korea and Russia have not provided us with the details of when and where the summit will happen,... we do have some sort of an idea.
And we've also seen North Korea's advance team getting ready for the summit on the ground.
Tell us more about that.
That's right Mark, North Korea's advance team led by Pyeongyang's protocol chief Kim Chang-son has been spotted checking Vladivostok since last week.
And seeing where they've been visiting,... various media outlets are reporting right now that the Kim-Putin summit will take place at the Far Eastern Federal University, located on Russky island off the coast of Vladivostok.
NK News reports that preparations are underway there with the flags of North Korea and Russia lined up in one of the buildings.
Reports say Kim Jong-un will be heading over to Russia's Vladivostok using his special train on Wednesday.
And Kim will be staying in Russia until Friday... even though President Putin will leave the country on Friday for a One Belt, One Road summit in China.
Kim will tour around the city, visiting where his father had visited 8 years ago... and plus, possibly, the world-renowned Mariinsky Theatre, a public aquarium and Russia's Pacific Fleet headquarters according to Japan-based Kyodo News Agency.
Mark.
For more let's connect to our unification ministry correspondent Oh Jung-hee, who's joining us on the line.
Jung-hee, tell us more.
Sure, Mark.
Pyeongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency released a report this morning that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will soon visit Russia on the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
It added that there will be a summit between Kim and Putin.
But the report did not provide details about when and where the summit will happen.
Pyeongyang's announcement on the summit comes at the same time as a confirmation from the Kremlin -- that Kim and Putin will meet by the end of April.
The upcoming Pyeongyang-Moscow summit is the first of its kind in eight years.
In 2011, Kim's late father and the former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il met with then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Though the announcements from both North Korea and Russia have not provided us with the details of when and where the summit will happen,... we do have some sort of an idea.
And we've also seen North Korea's advance team getting ready for the summit on the ground.
Tell us more about that.
That's right Mark, North Korea's advance team led by Pyeongyang's protocol chief Kim Chang-son has been spotted checking Vladivostok since last week.
And seeing where they've been visiting,... various media outlets are reporting right now that the Kim-Putin summit will take place at the Far Eastern Federal University, located on Russky island off the coast of Vladivostok.
NK News reports that preparations are underway there with the flags of North Korea and Russia lined up in one of the buildings.
Reports say Kim Jong-un will be heading over to Russia's Vladivostok using his special train on Wednesday.
And Kim will be staying in Russia until Friday... even though President Putin will leave the country on Friday for a One Belt, One Road summit in China.
Kim will tour around the city, visiting where his father had visited 8 years ago... and plus, possibly, the world-renowned Mariinsky Theatre, a public aquarium and Russia's Pacific Fleet headquarters according to Japan-based Kyodo News Agency.
Mark.