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Details of the Putin-Kim meeting: Missiles, (forever) handshakes and toasts "to the holy battle" against the West

2023-09-13 18:57:46Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Details of the Putin-Kim meeting: Missiles, (forever) handshakes and toasts
Putin and Kim Jong-un

Will Russia help North Korea realize its dream of becoming a space power capable of putting satellites into orbit?

"That's why we came here, as the leader of North Korea is very interested in missile technology."

This is how Vladimir Putin answered the question of a Russian journalist, immediately after welcoming Kim Jong-un to the Vostochny cosmodrome.

The word then for the "Marshall", who arrived from Pyongyang: "I am sure that we will remain united in the fight against imperialism and that this summit will be a springboard for improving relations between our countries."

After a 40-second handshake, Putin immediately accompanied the guest on a visit to the base in the Russian Far East, which in the Soviet era was armed with military missiles and since 2016 has been transformed into a space launch center. for commercial purposes.

Furthermore, the space launch technology is very similar to that needed to build intercontinental ballistic missiles.

This year, North Korean technicians failed miserably, twice, to launch their first observation (spy) satellite and therefore the help of their new Russian partners would be very useful.

The transfer of Russian technology in exchange for North Korean munitions for use on the Ukrainian front was at the center of the summit between Putin and Kim.

The head of the Kremlin no longer hides it: to a new question from a Russian journalist on the hypothesis that the North Koreans will supply weapons and establish technical-military cooperation, he answered: "We will talk about any topic, even for the most sensitive".

The "Marshal" of North Korea also had something to show Putin this September 13: in the morning from the Sunan area near Pyongyang, his artillery fired two ballistic missiles towards the Sea of ​​Japan, ten minutes apart.

The bombs flew about 650 kilometers before falling back into the ocean. These are two SRBMs (short-range ballistic missiles), that is, short-range missiles.

Exactly the ammunition that the Russian army would need to cover the "theatre" of operations in Ukraine.

Kim, then, wanted to give a small demonstration of his potential, if the goods he is ready to trade with Putin can be said for anything.

It is the first time that the North Koreans launch missiles while the honorable "Marshal" Kim is abroad.

Of course there were no such shows when Kim was out for summits with Donald Trump in 2018 and 2019, in Singapore, at the 38th parallel, in Hanoi: those were the times of the moratorium.

Detente with the United States and South Korea has ended, and North Korea has resumed firing bombs at full speed: over 100 by 2022.

The ones that were used this Wednesday serve to demonstrate that Kim has such a stockpile of missiles that he can use them for whatever purpose he wants, either to threaten the South Koreans and the Japanese, or to improve launch procedures. or to offer them to Russia.

In addition, in the arsenals of North Korea there are millions of artillery shells and anti-tank rocket launchers, perhaps a little outdated, but which would be useful for the Tsar's army immersed in the Ukrainian front, where it is estimated that up to 10 thousand shots with large caliber balls are fired daily.

Moscow state television reports that Kim Jong-un told Putin at the start of the summit that North Korea's priority now is the new relationship with Russia and that his visit comes "at a special time."

Kim offered "unconditional support for Russia's holy battle for its security and against the forces of imperialism": a reference to the war in Ukraine.

Putin raised a toast to "strengthening cooperation" with North Korea, and Kim responded with a wish for "new victories for Russia."

The United States has already said a military deal between the two reclusive leaders would lead to tougher sanctions.

The UN has banned North Korea from selling weapons abroad, and Resolution 2270 prohibits Pyongyang from cooperating with any other member state in the field of ballistic missiles "even if it involves the launch of satellites or space vehicles."

That resolution was voted by Russia. But since then the scenario has changed. Putin jumped on the Ukraine adventure and is now surrounded by Western sanctions: he needs another super-sanctioned ally from the international community.

That's why Kim went to the Vostochny Cosmodrome on his first trip abroad in four years./ Corriere della Sera


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