Joe Biden will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House next week after the UN meeting. This is reported by the Bloomberg agency, citing some sources. Biden and Zelensky last met in person at the G7 summit in Japan in May.
Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the President Wladimir Putin accepted the North Korean leader’s invitation Kim Jong Un Visit Pyongyang. The invitation came during last Wednesday’s official dinner with the Kremlin chief after the summit at the Vostochny Space Center in Russia’s Amur region. The summit between the two leaders – the first in more than four years – came as Pyongyang recently sought to strengthen military ties with Moscow and double down on weapons development amid increasing security cooperation between the United States, Japan and South Korea . At their meeting yesterday, Russian President and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un they exchanged two rifles manufactured in their respective countries. In addition, Putin gave Kim a glove made from a space suit, which has already been in space several times. This was said by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, quoted by Tass. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will stay in Russia for “several days,” the Kremlin spokesman said.
USA: “Putin had imperialist goals, now he is begging Kim for help”
“A year and a half ago, Vladimir Putin started this war with the idea of restoring the glory of the Russian Empire, he failed in all his maximalist and imperialist goals and now, a year and a half after losing tens of thousands of Russian soldiers and spending billions and billions of dollars, here he is pleading “He asked for Kim Jong-un’s help”: US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said this in a briefing yesterday, as the ministry reported on its website. “That says a lot about the general context in which this war is playing out for Russia,” he added. “As for possible outcomes, we have already taken a number of measures to sanction the companies that brokered arms sales between Korea and North and Russia, and we will not hesitate to enforce further measures if necessary.”
The EU: “The summit between Putin and Kim Jong-un shows Moscow’s desperation”
“It’s interesting that this was a meeting between two leaders who are destroying their nations. Russia has forged ties with the most isolated country in the world, showing Moscow’s isolation and desperation. We unequivocally condemn anyone who supports Russia in its work of destruction. We call on Russia, as a permanent member of the United Nations, to respect the sanctions against North Korea. This was said by Foreign Service spokesman Peter Stano in his comments on the Vladimir summit Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
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