<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may soon meet with Russian President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/vladimir-putin">Vladimir Putin</a> for negotiations on weapons, according to multiple reports on Monday.</p>
<p>Senior administration officials <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/04/putin-kim-meeting-weapons-deal-russia-north-korea/">told The Washington Post</a> that Kim plans to make a rare trip out of North Korea to meet with Putin later this month.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/us/politics/putin-kim-meeting-russia-north-korea-weapons.html">The New York Times</a>, citing American and allied officials, reported that Kim would travel from North Korea&#8217;s capital of Pyongyang to the Russian port city of Vladivostok — probably by armored train. The duo <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/04/24/716873097/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-and-russian-president-vladimir-putin-meet-for-su">previously met</a> in the same city, which is not far from North Korea&#8217;s border with Russia, in 2019.</p>
<p>With this new round of talks, Putin aims to secure more weapons for its war in Ukraine, such as artillery shells and anti-tank missiles, while Kim wants access to Russia&#8217;s advanced technology on nuclear submarines and satellites as well as food assistance for his <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-koreans-face-increasing-repression-threat-starvation-un-says-rcna100564">starving country</a> of roughly <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/north-korea-suffers-one-of-its-worst-food-crises-in-decades-ee25aa86">26 million people</a>, officials told the New York Times. Kim could also make other stops, including at the Vostochny Cosmodrome space launch center and even Moscow.</p>
<p>Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited Pyongyang in July and Kim <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/kim-jong-un-russia-north-korea-ukraine-banned-missiles-rcna96590">showed off</a> his nation&#8217;s banned ballistic missiles. That high-profile trip was reportedly followed by delegations from North Korea and Russia visiting the other country, possibly setting the stage for a new meeting between their leaders.</p>
<p>The White House revealed last week that the United States had intelligence showing that Kim and Putin have <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-north-korea-weapons-munitions-letter-8c48787c798a50beda774a8ac5cc91ba">exchanged letters</a>. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby also told reporters that information showed negotiations were &#8220;actively advancing&#8221; as Russia seeks munitions from North Korea in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions.</p>
<p>“We have information that Kim Jong-Un expects these discussions to continue, to include leader-level diplomatic engagement in Russia,” said National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson, according to a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/04/politics/north-korea-kim-putin-arms-negotiations/index.html">CNN</a> report on Monday.</p>
<p>&#8220;We urge [North Korea] to cease its arms negotiations with Russia and abide by the public commitments that Pyongyang has made to not provide or sell arms to Russia,&#8221; Watson <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/us/politics/putin-kim-meeting-russia-north-korea-weapons.html">also said</a>.</p>
<p>The Biden administration has sought to deter weapons negotiations between Russia and North Korea with <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sanctions-russian-company-over-alleged-support-for-north-korean-weapons-programs-79642dd0">volleys</a> of <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/international/4155289-us-issues-sanctions-targeting-north-korea-russia-arms-trade/">sanctions</a>. Previous intelligence about possible arms transactions that made the media rounds last year led both nations to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/22/north-korea-weapons-russia-us-assessment/">issue denials</a>.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the U.S. has approved <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-asks-congress-for-more-than-13b-to-support-ukraine-and-12b-for-disaster-fund">more than $110 billion</a> in aid to Ukraine as its defenders keep up the fight to try and fend off Russian forces who invaded their country over a year and a half ago.</p>

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