The leaders met at Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome for a summit that underscores how their interests are aligning in the face of their countries' separate, intensifying confrontations with the U.S.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.
But either buying arms from or providing rocket technology to North Korea would violate international sanctions that Russia has supported in the past. Kim, in turn, expressed support for Moscow's efforts to defend its interests, in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine."Russia is waging a sacred fight to defend its sovereignty, security interests and justice," the North Korean leader said."I take this opportunity to affirm that we will always stand with Russia on the anti-imperialist front.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff didn't immediately say how far the North Korean missiles flew. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said the missiles landed in the waters outside of the country's exclusive economic zones and there were no reports of damages to vessels or aircraft. Kim also brought Jo Chun Ryong, a ruling party official in charge of munitions policies, who joined him on recent tours of factories producing artillery shells and missile, according to South Korea.
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