Posted on 12/19/2014 6:46:54 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Putin Spokesman Confirms Kim Jong-un Invited to Visit Moscow
Reuters
Dec. 19 2014 16:21 Last edited 16:23
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to Moscow next year to mark the 70th anniversary of the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, the Kremlin's spokesman said Friday.
It would be Kim's first foreign visit since taking the helm of the reclusive east Asian state in 2011. His personal envoy came to Moscow last month in the framework of efforts by the two Cold War-era allies to improve relations.
"Yes, such an invitation was sent," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the state news agency TASS. Russia marks the former Soviet Union's World War II victory every year on May 9.
Moscow needs North Korean cooperation in boosting natural gas exports to South Korea as Gazprom wants to build a gas pipeline through North Korea to reach its southern neighbor.
Pyongyang is also seeking support from Russia, a permanent veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council, against international criticism over accusations of human rights abuses and its nuclear program.
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Was the visit a prid-pro-quo for the SONY hack?
Putin has very little friends. His Crimea thing was supported in UN by ONLY these countries: Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, North Korea, Nicaragua, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
I don’t think it’s good to back a rat into a corner.
Wisdom is needed.
We should be proactive, along with China and South Korea, to set up a managed reunification.
BOY Harry Cohn be rolling in his grave
Sony pictures is owner of Columbia picture library if he was still alive Chia Chub be dead already
The best we can hope for is a Chinese controlled North Korea, a stable puppet state. Right now North Korea is so out there right now even China gets nervous.
how do you manage madmen?
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