Russian President Vladimir Putin met with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, where, on Wednesday, the two dictators signed a mutual defense agreement.
Putin’s North Korea trip marks his first visit to the Hermit Kingdom in 24 years, and the Russian president was greeted with fanfare and crowds of North Koreans chanting his name, NBC News reported. Following his meeting with Kim, Putin said the leaders signed “a truly breakthrough document” that boosts security, trade, and humanitarian agreements. Kim called the agreement the “strongest ever treaty” between the two countries.
The Russian president said U.S. allies Japan and South Korea were “hostile to North Korea” and labeled U.S. policy toward Kim as “confrontational,” according to CNN. Biden administration officials have expressed concern that increased ties between Russia and North Korea will…
