Kim in Russia to attend summit in Vladivistock today
VLADIVOSTOK: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in the Russian city of Vladivostok yesterday for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at mustering international support while nuclear talks with Washington are in limbo.
The armoured train carrying Kim, on his first official visit to Russia, pulled into the station in Vladivostok, on the Pacific Ocean, a few hours after crossing from North Korea into Russia.
Earlier, at a stopover on the border, Kim told Russian state television he was hoping for useful and successful discussions with Putin.
‘‘I hope that we can discuss concrete questions about peace negotiations on the Korean peninsula, and our bilateral relations,’’ he said through an interpreter.
Kim will sit down for talks with Putin today at a university campus on an island just off Vladivostok, the first summit between the two leaders, with the standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme topping the agenda. — Reuters