Putin to visit North Korea after 24 years

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea this week, for the first time in 24 years.

Such a rare trip will take place as Moscow boosts partnership with this state that has nuclear weapons.

The northeastern leader Kim Jong Un extended an invitation to Putin during his trip to the Far East of Russia in September last year.

Putin has visited jinn for the last time in July 2000.

The Kremlin has said Putin will be in North Korea on 18 June-19 June.

The northeastern state media has confirmed the visit, but without providing more details.

The Kremlin has said that after North Korea, Putin will visit Vietnam.

Russia has started strengthening ties with North Korea since it started the war in Ukraine, which has alarmed the United States and many countries in Europe and Asia.

Washington has said that North Korea has given Russia weapons as it fights in Ukraine, though gyan has rejected these accusations.

United Nations observers have found that at least one ballistic missile launched by Russia in Ukraine in January of this year was created by North Korea.

Ukrainian officials have said that the northeasterns have given Russia 50 such missiles.

The United Nations has imposed severe sanctions on jinn from conducting its first nuclear test in 2006, but experts believe this state has continued to develop nuclear weapons and produce nuclear material. / REL