failed because the issue of peace was not on the agenda. they did everything they could to escalate and prolonged the complex scene while moscow has its own plans to cnn to the 5 the . 4 the crowds in honor guard and the russian national anthem president vladimir putin gets a portable reception in town yang, a head of tops with kim jong and upon buttons arrival to the d. p. r. k. the nation's later personally met the russian president, giving him a warm welcome to the head of his arrival the rest. later emphasize the need for

joint pushed back against the western sanctions and forcing a new security framework for your race. our correspondence is covering the visit in killing yang, the 1st time and nearly a quarter of a century vladimir proving this, touching down in pyongyang for a day of negotiation, documents sign, and even music with him. john lord. meanwhile, the us says everyone should be concerned about moscow's evening ties with young yang. russia has advised washington to mind its own leaders, moves the i'm rachel ruble live in moscow. you're watching archie, international of the official welcome ceremony for vladimir putin has kicked off in the heart of the young yang. both leaders and their teams have a busy schedule ahead of them, including talks in various fears. the

other ceremony you see here is taking place that kim il sung square a large public plaza located in the center of the capital kiln yang. it's named after the countries of founding later and regularly house military parade's, mass rallies, and other significant state of bens. well, here are the latest pictures of the crowds heading toward central tongue yang, waving russian, and their national flags, welcoming the russian presidents to the north korean capital. the streets of killing yang are all decorated with big banners between russian and national flags as well as both leaders portraits the president's has a russian president has, puts down in the democratic people's republic of korea, marking his 1st trip there and 24 years comes on you and offered a warm welcome, rolling out the red carpet and greeting by them are put in personally feeling airport of the easy to the

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all right, well joining me live now in the studio is our t correspondence, steve sweeney. so steve, we saw quite a warm welcome for the rest of the president's visit to the dpr k. i'm sure this is not going. i noticed by the west though, of course not. this is a hugely significant visit. it's the 1st visit paid by russian president vladimir putin took young young in the course of a century as a very high profile visit, included in the delegation of foreign minister, the so it guy laughter of the defense winters to values of also health ministers. a . i'll present roles cause most of the russian space agency have representatives the and of course of all representatives or the minister of responsible for viable . so we've seen this incredibly will welcome the red carpet was rolled out as a preaching arrived in the early hours of the morning, he was greeted personally by the leader of the democratic people's republic of korea. kevin told him on the to shed and embrace and then they traveled together.

if i call and i, we've seen the game, the huge crowds turning out this morning a can we will some square in the center of the capital of the d. v. okay. we had the russian national and some plane, so it's a very upbeat moved in the, in the capital of the d. p. o. k. at the bottom of course it hasn't gone unnoticed . the west has uh, it seems particularly concerned and uh, the us tech to stay under the blinking, of course, has expressed his concern over the visits the rush to try in desperation, to develop and to strengthen relations with countries that can provide it with what it needs to continue the war of aggression that started against you crate. north korea is providing significant munitions to, to russia and other and other weapons for using ukraine around has been providing

with 3, including drones that have been used against civilians and civilian infrastructure and will continue to do everything we can to cut off the support that countries like the ron and north 3 are providing. all right, we're looking at some of the latest images that we're getting a back from a young yang where the russian president vladimir putin is meeting with the d b r k leader kim jong the on. we can see the this appears to be the motor cade's, quite a, a. so there for us as the motorcade makes its way through the center of the north korean capital we saw was him ceremony. earlier this morning in the center of town yang at kim il sung is where uh, the 2 leaders planning to meet to discuss uh, a number of issues related to both countries. fitness, 1st visit to north korea. uh, coming in uh, 24 years coming in less than 2 months after putting was reevaluated as the

president of russia. for the 5th time. of course, the president of russia and dpr kayla leader came to noon have met some 3 times since 2019 our most recent meeting coming about 9 months ago and rushed up quite a significant day. here as the 2 leaders visits indeed the r k, these latest images coming from the center of the young gang as we see, the motorcade caring and the russian presidents. and i believe as well uh, the dpr k leader kim jong into the center of, of joan yang. the alright, let's go back now to my colleague, steve sweeney, who is here with me in the studio. so uh we were talking about the western reaction that to put in this visit to the dpr k. of course, this is also something the western media is watching very closely as closely as in the spotlight or rather in the microscope. how has western media responded to this

visit? well we, we just heard that from the us sick days, day, honestly blinking, and he was expressing his concerns accusing young young of supplying weapons munitions to assets. so using you client, he also mentioned around so of course, the western media has got itself in a tailspin about this visit, not much is known about the dpi. okay. in the west, they often the media often uses the word home it site, reclusive state to accuse is capable of being a dictator, brutal dictator. and it comes out with all sorts of stories around the, the citizens of the tpr typing falls to have came don't have cups for example. and the reaction to this visit has been no less hysterical. washington is watching this meeting between vladimir putin and came. joan on a match rate in heaven between these 2 parias stays. so it needs concern from the west about this phases of 2 of america's fiercest adversaries. together on north

korean soil fits his 1st visit in 24 years. the trip is raising plenty of concerns to the united states and it's highlight, preston, president vladimir putin as a north korea for a meeting with its leader. and it is a meeting that us officials are watching closely. well, various states fiercest adverse. okay, so it's quite the languages and then any reaction from moscow over all this close attention? well, yes perhaps so, surprisingly, moscow has responded to the, the, the kind of the, i guess, the close scrutiny this meeting has been placed on the we've heard from the media. they said that they've working very close the they using the to and parents state. but the foreign ministry spokesman re, is however, said, well actually you should be looking a little bit more closely, choked by them. cheese bites about his mental capacity, which he said is particularly alarming, considering he's in charge of the world's largest acute care also. and there's one

thing that worries everyone is biden's condition, both physical considering that he leads the nuclear power and freezes up more and more often and financial due to the criminal nature of its appearance associated with ukraine and corruption scams. and she also mentioned again that corruption in ukraine, perhaps a note to the president joe biden, son, the hon, to biden on his associations with marissa and nato, as well as been vocal about the ties between russia and north korea. any comments from the block about this visit? well, yes, that has been, we've heard from the united. so chief in stoughton buck and he said he's expressing his concerns around the burgeoning relationship between russia and the d p. okay. he's so he was focusing very on the, the korean missile program and the potential for it to expand its nuclear capacity . and he again, also mentioned it was around that and he's accused, ted on,

is also supporting what he described as russia's will of aggression and ukraine. now this is going to be high on the agenda for the nato summit in washington next month. and he said that they are going to look at the securing and strengthening partnerships with the allies in the region. all this reaction aside, which is somewhat predictable. this is buttons 1st visit to north korea's sense of 2000 it's. it's very significant, isn't it? talk to us about how important this meeting is. well, as we said, this is usually important. it's a lot of a peaches, 1st trip to pee on young in quarter of a century will need a quarter of a century 24 years since his last visit. that, of course, came, has been to russia. he paid a visit to rushman a 2019. this is the 1st visit between the 2 leaders and they were really discussing then again about pace. and the korean peninsula, of course is divided into the north and the south. the split by this, the minute tries zone of the 2 countries still ready on technically,

we're also pitching was discussing why is it locked in? that situation can be result. he spoke about the building of a gas and oil pipelines. so again, in 2023, i came, visited the fall east of, of russia. this is where the invitation we believe was made to visit the tape you all take. but they spoke to a guy in about the restoration of humanitarian, an economic ties of course, career on the very, very heavy sanctions by the western booty was looking at ways that they could minimize the impact of that, particularly in lights of the cove age 19 pandemic they spoke about a space program and that's reflected in the backup of this delegation both caused most, as we said has representatives here at the end of this, this meeting. so this is choose the significant, this is why the west is. so what read, of course, these are so called parasites rusher was set to be isolated on the well side. so

this goes some way to on to undermining that. but it kind of both was an older tool is of multiple, obviously in the emerging multi po to world, which is what the west feel safe rested about saving it set loss of power. of course on the agenda again is very likely to be the issue of sanctions back in march of russia veto to un security council resolution, which would have expanded the panel of experts as the responsible thing for seeing those uh those functions. so the rebate was uh, pretty much scrapped at that point. so uh, this is likely to feature very, very heavily in ways around the sanctions of the game. this is, was concerning for the west, along with the budgeting ties to what came describe as too powerful nations. right . steve sweeney. thank you very much for this. one is our viewers attention to the video that we're seeing right now. this is just in to us here. on our t,

we can see the russian president volume are put in there, as well as the leader of the dpr k kim jong, and that they're in the kim il sung square. this is welcoming ceremony for the russian president who's there in killing yang or a state that visits us. this coming along, the square might look familiar to you. it's a large public plaza located in the heart of kiln yang. it's named after the country's sounding leader and hoss military parade's, mass rallies and other significant state events. so any time, anything of great importance takes place in pyongyang, this is likely where it is taking place that can accommodate over 100000 people. and as you can see, it is quite meticulously maintenance. haines decked out today and the national flag of russia as well as the dpr k. we see. and, and kim jong, who's standing side by side there as a meets for official toxins, this welcoming ceremony which is taking place in town yang. quite

a lot of people have turned out to see these 2 leaders in person. uh, quite a significant today as this is russian president who's only 2nd visit to the dpr k, his 1st coming in the year 2000 just 2 months after his 1st and longer ration as russian president a around 24 years ago. not quite a quarter of a century ago and was a much younger man 47 years old, roughly around, around that time we saw the square yester be day. being prepared for this ceremony . everything covered and russian and the host countries flags quite an official welcome ceremony. for the russian president, of course, sitting arriving in the early hours of the morning, dpr kay time around a 3 am. but he was greeted up personally at the airport to buy him john, and we saw them say hands. and if

a ha get the significance moments as it shows that close relationship between these 2 countries, the, the fia has attracted a lot of international and regional attention. our corresponded on porter was at the main square, and the official welcome ceremony. here is his before to after the events. the event on chemo song square has come to an end and were driving at 2 different location now. and so many people from the streets we've been saying hi to them this whole time as any crowd of people down the road. 4 kilometers the kilometers here to welcome the russian validation and vladimir from here. i mean, my aren't even getting tired of waiting so much. alright,

well feeling young has been preparing for the arrival well in advance as we've been saying with sites representing the dpr case to start ties with us on the display here. again, this are to sound reports or you fall this report from the nation's capital. the 1st time in nearly a quarter of a century, vladimir putting his punching down in pyongyang for a day of negotiation, documents, signing and even music. with tim john on the 2 leaders and their delegations are set to talk cooperation and all different fields from the economy and security to agriculture and energy. and last scale was ready in the year to make this all happen. today. as before, russia and the democratic people's republic of korea are actively developing a multi faceted partnership. i am fairly confident that through joint efforts we will be able to bring by lateral interaction to an even higher level, which will contribute to the development of mutually beneficial an equal cooperation between russia and the d. p. okay,

strengthening our sovereignty deepening trade and economic ties. developing contacts and the humanitarians via and ultimately improving the wellbeing of citizens of the 2 states. just last year, trade turn over between russia and the dpr. take root in nearly 30. the $5000000.00 worth. that's an over 9 sold increase from 2022. that's expected to rise even more with the upcoming signing of a new agreement on strategic partnership that's expected to take place on this trip . no doubt the dpr k is looking towards the future. without them is meaningful ties in close colorado. the relationship between us, which will continue in the future, will further consolidate the terminal cornerstone of the prior to your brochure relations in the new era. and on this basis, strongly promoted because of building bar reformations into 2 countries and make a positive contribution to realizing global peace and security in general and international justice. only the victory and prosperity are always in store for the peoples of the 2 countries who affirmed was united with common aspirations and

ideals over us sized. since i've made life difficult for a socialist korea, it's one of the main reasons why trade volume between young young and moscow had been so low for so long. and on top of that, you were essentially suddenly the dpr k semi reliance on mandatory in the $87000000000.00 of which rush was sent to the country between 20202021. unfortunately, as for canary, people suffer the most by henry, north greece, economic development and the delivery of humanitarian aid sanctions have reversed. the gradual improvements the north korea had made in recovering from the arduous march thing to a national community must accept north korea sovereignty and provide support rather than isolate vilified or strong arm the most definitely the state of experts. and if you have said the people at the front, franco, all 6 of the world pressure understands how the west

we cannot calmly watch one of these emergency measures turn into the indiscriminate weapon for punishing certain states in the context of the situation or on the korean peninsula, this is exactly what happened. it is clearly visible that unless sanctions are completely useless for shipping, the state of goals but the, to a financial and economic blockade of the entire state. with all the ensuing consequences for the population. parts hard, washington said it's going to be following good about speeding very closely. and they're definitely not the only one. the whole world is waiting in anticipation to see what developments are going to come out of this historic speeding donald porter park see young. yes. we spoke to academic an author 10 bill from new zealand to says the west attempts to pressure other countries only brings them closer. they are the most sanctioned countries in the world. and those chris new sanctions since the 1950s. so the very use to they used to do it and, and,

and coping was that, that sold was a situation for the same time. russia and north korea are day sheets adjacent countries. so they couldn't come, they goods by ship and by rail, free from interdiction from the americans. and for you from says ireland. so there's a limits. i think 2 ought to, the americans can do the same time the buying, the ministrations being very successful at driving it selling these together. because the main example of that is, is rusher and china looks up in fortune to a close spot in the ship. but it is very much because of the american action. so every time the americans do these sorts of the sanctions of secondary sanctions,

they both create more enemies and they create more linkages between the random is. it's all right, these are the latest images we're getting in from young gang of president clinton's visit to north korea. his visit has attracted significant international and regional attention. um, it is his 2nd visit with the 1st being in 2000 when he met with the parents, a leader kim jong il. the current visit occurs amid high geopolitical attentions, aiming to strengthen russell strategic ties in east asia. apparently has a tight agenda during his trip and his expect to discuss economic cooperation, military cooperation, and cultural exchanges with kim jong and west has largely criticized fitness visit . many western nations are concerned about deepening russia. north korea ties especially given the conflict, a new crane and the dpr kase nuclear ambitions. russia and north korea have had varying diplomatic relations over the decades. during the cold war,

the soviet union was a key ally of north korea, offering economic and military support. collections pulled after the soviet union collapsed, but have improved under putting his leadership pressure view as north korea, as a counter balance to us influence and a partner. and it's brought her and she applied the volt strategy. a potent is expected to 2 or 2 sites and young young during his visit. western media is highlighting the symbolic nature of this visit, seen as defiance against western policies or shes during engagement with north korea is viewed as part of its pivot toward asia and strange western relations. buttons visit underscores the shifting dynamics in global politics, where traditional alliances are being tested and new partnerships are emerging. as the world watched as closely the outcomes of this visit will likely have long term implications for regional stability and international relations. both leaders have signaled their intent to build on this movement. i'm suggesting. closer, rushing north korea ties are poised to shape the geopolitical landscape in the years to come on sky news and see in our

n articles on to and visit to north korea. focus on the fact that a new and western alliance is forming sky news, even called the meeting and diplomatic defenders to the west snap to the west. in other words, like a year before, western media are concerned that russia may have violated un sanctions in terms of trade with the dpr k allegedly receiving military equipment supplies for rushes, special operation needs the a p as a has speculated that resisting western sanctions could talk the agenda, as both nations are swapped with restrictions. as far as the 2 leaders visits their last visit and 2023 that came about 9 months ago, it took place in russia to discuss the restoration of humanitarian and economic ties, which had been reduced to a minimum due to the code at 19 pandemic restrictions they also discussed space cooperation and came to noon and visited russia's par, is to cosmic drum, the stops, ne, expressing great interest in the russian space,

technologies and possible participation of north trans customer knots in space, operations, western media during that visit, the reaction was virtually the same western atlas and officials suspected russia could strike a deal with the dpr k to receive some munition for operation in the done bass and ukraine will the same media also sounded the alarm over moscow's alleged attempts to bypass un sanctions against film gang to give the country some technologies including space hi tech technology for the us time and time again has sounded the alarm over the close to being rushing north korean military cooperation since 2022 . but russia has answered that. it has no need for feelings, weapons, and is getting ground on new print in front without any additional supplies. in terms of the 2019 visit between put and, and kim jong. and this is the 1st of meeting between the 2 leaders, the korean peninsula piece regulation to avoid that conflict between the 2 and pre owned countries was on the agenda and said that the dpr k wants to avoid escalation,

but also wants to security guarantees of and has said the building of a railway gas and oil pipelines with north korea was also on the discussion between the 2 leaders. but then western media focused only on north korean needs in russian aid for bypassing sanctions, as well as the free money aid from russia. as far as the north pen economy continued to decline and then talks with president trump, which left to no substances outcomes for north korea. all right, well you are in the right place for all the latest news on the russian president. stripped appealing yang will make sure to keep you right up to date with the visits and all the big news headlines as they emerge from the land market tasks. the for ukraine to join nato. it needs to completely overcome russia on the battlefield,

or that came from the us national security council spokesperson during the white house news briefing. the 1st i got as when this war i got a window more 1st. and so number one, we're doing everything we can to make sure they can do that. they don't, it was over, no matter what it looks like. they're still going to have a long border with russia and legitimate security threat to the great people. while they work on unnecessary things. they have to do, like any member of the alliance as or conferences on corruption before they can apply for nato membership. the price chances of joining nato, a looking slimmer and slim, or as the watch list of prerequisites continues to grow. now they won't do crates of defeat russia 1st and they're ready to help them achieve that goal. though, again, it's on the clear how consider and it's been a disaster so far and that's with their help. but fear not. so they say keep going . well, they continued suzanne goal, the nato, and e, you tired without taking any actual steps towards making it

a reality piece. looks like making sure russia never occupies ukraine. and it doesn't mean nato, that they are part of nato to means. we have a relationship with them like we do with other countries where we supply weapons so they can defend themselves in the future. so as keeps tossing out crumbs like that 10 years security agreement between kids and washington, which could prove to be totally useless for the past will not allow us forces to enter your pride in the case of an invasion. and 2nd, it could all be scrap one. the next us present comes to power, but keep going ukraine. another year goes by and still no invitation only. and c promises and demands that they somehow miraculously defeats russia. certainly, i expect all of us to agree to storm language or membership. we need to ensure that you came to the base, that's a ups minimum for you can to become a member of the,

at the alliance watermark fluids and has always maintained that you could as a neutral status is key. it's a key requirements and the conflict, he's been saying that for decades, but clearly the west is an interesting because they will nato on the process doorstep, something which also will never allow. and they know that. so where does that leave us? ukraine is losing people. the was losing money and weapons that they are determined to keep going, encouraging everyone to invest in the suicide the mission. as for the summit this summer, i do not expect the ally ends to issue an invitation at this juncture. i do anticipate that the allies will be able to signal that the alliance continues to move closer to the ukraine, and that we are taking concrete steps to serve as

a bridge between where we are now. and that full fledged membership signals the steps, a bridge, anything but actual membership for the west, no stats. and they don't seem to be eager to embark on the full out war with russia, which leaves the crane added data. and now the question is, how long will it take for ukraine to realize that they are being used by people who don't even care if there was a country left of the end? the little nato should is self reflect rather than arbitrarily smear and attack china. that was the response of the country's foreign affairs ministry. after the alliances secretary general took aim of aging for its growing alignment with moscow was looking on wages. the international community has its own opinion on the role played by nature as a product of the cold world and the world's largest military block. and do you queen crisis, what naples should do self reflect, then arbitrarily smear and attack china.