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| ▲ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (rear) boards his special train after holding a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East on Sept. 13, 2023, in this photo released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency the next day. Kim invited Putin to visit his country. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap) |
NK leader-Russia visit
N. Korean leader's train apparently en route to Russia's Khabarovsk after summit with Putin
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's special train appears to be moving toward Russia's Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk on Thursday, a day after his rare summit with President Vladimir Putin, according to sources.
According to the sources, Kim's olive green, bullet-proof train appears headed toward the Russian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, where he will visit an aircraft factory, following his meeting with Putin held Wednesday at the Vostochny spaceport where he pledged full support for Russia.
Putin earlier told a Russian media outlet that Kim will fly to Komsomolsk-on-Amur to visit an aircraft plant and travel to Vladivostok to view Russia's Pacific Fleet after the summit.
But Kim appears to have taken his train to Komsomolsk-on-Amur, some 1,170 kilometers east of the space center.
Kim is expected to arrive in the Russian city late Thursday and stop by an aircraft plant that manufactures Sukhoi fighter jets the following day, according to the sources.
Wednesday's summit marked Kim's first meeting with Putin since his visit to Vladivostok in April 2019.
South Korean and U.S. officials have expressed concerns over the meeting and a possible arms deal between the two countries that could assist Moscow's war efforts in Ukraine.
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