Putin says after visit by N.Korea's Kim that Russia won't breach any agreements
Reuters · 6d ago
Putin says after visit by N.Korea's Kim that Russia won't breach any agreements

- Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia would breach any agreements concerning Korea after meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week in far eastern Russia.

Russia, which backs sanctions against North Korea, has said repeatedly that it wishes to deepen its relationship with Pyongyang. South Korea and the United States have said that any military deals between Putin and Kim would breach U.N. sanctions against North Korea.

"Korea is our , and we must, one way or another, build good relations with our ," Putin said.

"Yes, there are certain particular elements associated with the Korean Peninsula. We discuss this, we discuss it openly, we violate anything and in this instance we are going to violate anything."




(Writing by Felix Light; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)