the pyongyangs are deft at understanding the night. alexey, hello, to you word.llo, colleagues, i greet you from pyongyang, the capital of the democratic people's republic of korea. we are russian journalists, we arrived here at noon today, we spent the whole day filming in pkhenya, working in the city and filming how the city was preparing for the arrival of the russian president, we are waiting for the russian president at the international airport, he is flying here from yakutsk. indeed, it will probably be a bright event, we know how in korea, in north korea they know how to receive guests, and in general it must be said that the city is unique prepared for this event, i personally made many visits, but i didn’t see such invective, because from the airport to the city center, russian and north korean flags hang literally every 10 m, portraits of vladimir putin hang, and different portraits, but on each written: north korea warmly welcomes friend, comrade. vladimir vladimirovich putin. indeed, a lot of attention is paid here to this visit. russia is an ally, i

and let's start with the main international topic of today: negotiations ended in pyongyang... the kremlin reports that russia and the dprk also signed intergovernmental agreements, one on cooperation in the field of healthcare, medical education and science, and another on the construction of a border crossing automobile bridge over the tumannoye river. the dprk's position on ukraine is a clear confirmation of the country's sovereign course; these are also the words of vladimir putin, voiced in... the course of vladimir putin's visit to the dprk is closely followed by the western press; the british guardian writes, for example, that the russian leader was warmly received in phinyang. the newspaper notes that the united states is opposed to any agreements between the two powers. the raei agency indicates that this year russia may surpass surpass in terms of relationship level. well, now we are waiting. pavel zarubin’s report, it’s already ready to go on air, look, on the dark puyongyang night everything was illuminated here, i suspect that you now have what’s called a rebuff in your eyes,

moscow and pyongyang’s assessments regarding the root causes of the escalation of tension in this partrld coincide. this is a confrontational us policy to expand its military infrastructure in the subregion, which. such steps undermine peace and stability on the peninsula and pose a security threat to all countries of northeast asia. categorically attempts to hold the democratic people's republic of korea responsible for the deteriorating situation are unacceptable. phian has the right to take reasonable measures regarding... whom the generals occupy, just look at the scope of this senior officer corps. it’s time to start soon, this is a clear sign of the approach of top officials: the limousines of vladimir putin and kimchinin are easy to confuse, after all , both have aurus, but in particular this one belongs to the chairman of the dprk. this can be seen from the numbers. what can we say about kimchanyn himself? have you seen him before? i've always seen on tv. and here he also lives with vladimir putin. when the russian anthem sounded, the korean generals took it. under the visor. t

he is also planned to visit a church, the only orthodox church in pyongyang. there was going to be a lot of face-to-face time with the two leaders. these men have a lot to talk about. this is significant not just because it is the first time for vladimir putin to be in pyongyang for more than two decades, but i think it is also seen as another rant gesture -- grand gesture in a deepening cooperation between the two pariah states to prove they are not isolated, that they have friends they can rely on. sumi: why do you think we are seeing this visit by mr. putin now? correspondent: it is significant because he does not travel much. he does not even travel much within his own country, let alone cross borders and visit north korea. but i think the timing is very important because vladimir is growing ever more isolated. these are two strong men with weakening economies, with isolated global standing, and each note the other can give them this -- each knows the other can give them something they cannot get elsewhere because of how isolated they are and because they

and we start with the events in pyongyang, here is footage of the official welcoming ceremony of vladimir putin on the main square of the country. russia appreciates the support the dprk provides to russian policy, including in the ukrainian direction. vladimir putin stated this when opening negotiations with north korean leader kim chin. the russian president has arrived. pyeong the day before with a friendly state visit , the program included a discussion of the prospects for cooperation in a variety of areas, including energy and transport, agriculture, and also interaction in the international arena. and my colleague anastasia efimova is monitoring the progress of the visit. anastasia, greetings, good morning, and tell us how the negotiations began? yes, tatyana, i’ll tell you exactly about this in the next few minutes. people on the street with tricolors in their hands, crowds, and this is not a figure of speech, literally not hundreds, even, but thousands along the route. motorcade. the russian leader, the beautiful ceremonial pyongyang and its residents are greeted as a truly dear

i think pyongyang will view these - pyongyang will view these developments as quite...to any sort of escalation is... not sure about that because, of course, that would get to quite a serious point. the united states and south korea have beenin states and south korea have been in a mutual defence treaty since 1953, since the armistice in the korean war, so, you know, always been those military connections and the united states forces have been stationed in south korea, so how far pyongyang would go is unsure. a lot of people see kim jong—un as, you know, not a very reliable character in terms of what his motivations might be. with this balloon incident, kimjong—un's might be. with this balloon incident, kim jong—un's sister just recently came out and expressed how it was a serious incident, and it could escalate, so, you know, tensions are heightening in this situation.— tensions are heightening in this situation. you mentioned in our this situation. you mentioned in your first — this situation. you mentioned in your first answer _ this situation. you mentioned in your

the conversation in pyongyang lasted about 2 hours. before this , negotiations with participation.d kim, it turns out, exchanged gifts; the president gave the korean leader a new aurus, the second aurus in a row, as a gift. a deafening roar of the korean people in honor of the arrival of a dear guest from an invincible superpower, so it was announced. well, a korean announcer with a powerful voice said that 275 days have passed since the last meeting between putin and kim. the reception was not just solemn, unforgettable, even epic , for the shots of this fieri. judging by these images, the entire three million people of pyongyang came out to meet the russian president. despite the rain the sun is 10 degrees hot, people are chanting, putin, there’s no crowding on the sidewalk. the ceremonial cortege consists of 20 black aurus cars with moscow license plates. as soon as the president approaches the podium, kimchenyr square literally explodes with applause. flowers, flash cards and balloons of various sizes, enthusiastic koreans greet putin. russian-korean friendship. even kindergart

why is putin going to pyongyang, what is his main goal? look, putin's goal, i would single out several at once. the first is that he needs to demonstrate that he is recognized, because period. full-scale war demonstrated that putin, he tries not to leave the russian federation, the few times he traveled, that is, it was already said that there is a certain fear of putin to leave russia, because he is afraid that something might happen, that is, he still wants to demonstrate that no, he is not afraid of anything, this is such an image component, which concerns a more practical component, here it is more interesting, because... and the russian federation, it has significantly depleted its reserves for more than two years of war. and this exhaustion leads to what russia is now necessary shells and other ammunition in other countries. and north korea is one of the few countries in the world where putin can get the projectiles he needs, because at one time north korea received these projectiles from of the soviet union, and then from russia, th

the german media have also suggested what was agreed upon in pyongyang.t russia and the dprk want to create trade settlement mechanisms that i cannot. unconditional support is the subtitle in an article about vladimir putin’s visit to the dprk in austrian courier. the material emphasizes that this is the first visit of a russian leader to a neighboring country in 24 years. and the german spiegel adds that putin was greeted pompously in pkhyongyang and publishes a photo of the two leaders walking through. the meeting between vladimir putin and kimchenyn in spiegel is called dangerous, dangerous with a reservation for the western world. alpha is a profitable idea to start. on this alpha friday, june 21, we are giving 30% cashback on all flights in russia, it’s not just profitable, the business was born from a childhood dream of becoming a pioneer, i remember how the guys and i climbed here, and i imagined that one day i would open this place to everyone, and i decided to have a hotel in the lighthouse, it’s good that my friends helped with the renovations a

the russian president has arrived quite late pyongyang time but has quite late pyongyang time but hasto a concert and expected to visit the only orthodox church in pyongyang. but crucially, these are all chances for the two men to again give the optics and the picture of unity that they still have friends that they can rely on and also to see what they can offer each other. each one knows the other has something that they want. north korea needs food, fuel, money. it also needs technology that russia can offer. especially satellite technology after it failed to launch inside —— spy satellite in may. russian needs to replenish its depleting stockpile as the war in ukraine goes on and north korea can supply that because north korean weaponry is based on soviet era technology. despite the denials by both pyongyang and moscow, we know from the us and even here from south korea, that russia has used north korean weapons in the war in ukraine. they're going to be limits to what each man can offer the other, what moscow can offer pyongyang, but this is another chance of them exploring this d

. >> with pyongyang from redlands this is cnn newsroom with rosemarie have you with us? >> we'll end just one week. us president joe biden and former president donald trump will face off in a live debate right here on cnn. both men are preparing for the pivotal showdown in what could be a defining moment in this year's presidential race? the white house press secretary said this about mr. biden's preparations that is squarely. >> nick camp of the campaign. so i have to keep that there and i'm not going to speak in details about that. >> trump who skipped all the republican primary debates, is ramping up his preparation for this high-stakes moment. cnn political analyst maggie haberman explains trump, is taking this more seriously than people allow publicly, right? i mean, in public, his aides often downplay the prep that he does. he's been doing not standard debate prep he doesn't have stand-ins as of now for biden, they are focusing on various issues that could come up abortion, health care her gi covid, and then very specifically in this was one thing that came up last

the german media have also suggested what was agreed upon in pyongyang.lt writes that russia and the dprk they want to create trade settlement mechanisms that the west cannot control. vladimir putin no longer feels tied to sanctions, he strives for a new world order in which old rules no longer matter and he establishes new ones. unconditional support is the subheading of an article about vladimir putin's visit to the dprk in the austrian courier. the material emphasizes that this is the first visit of a russian leader to a neighboring country in 24 years. and the german spiegel adds that putin was greeted pompously and publishes a photo. what exactly is the essence of the main provisions of the report? what else were the deputies working on today? hello, colleagues, but i note that the investigation was carried out not only in the state duma, but together with the federation council . but even before the start of the plenary session, anna kuznetsova, speaking with the press, announced terrifying figures, only on one of the points that were announced toda

we are sincerely glad to see vladimir putin in hanoi, as in pyongyang. a like-minded person in vietnam, the president emphasized. i like russian leader vladimir putin, i am confident that his visit will make an important contribution to the development of bilateral relations between our countries. it is a great honor for my country to host vladimir putin. his trip will deepen the trusting relationship between hanoi and moscow, primarily in the areas of diplomacy and economics. the russian leader’s visit to several asian countries at once clearly demonstrates that the collective west has failed to isolate moscow from the whole world. the kremlin will continue to pursue an independent sovereign policy based on an equal and confidential dialogue. it's time.

moscow and pyongyang signed a strategic partnership agreement. russian president vladimir putin and north korean leader kim jong un of the agreement. signed in pyongyang. information about the contents of this document has not yet been published, but both sides have announced the improvement of security cooperation. in a joint press conference with the leader of north korea, the russian president said that the comprehensive strategic partnership agreement includes mutual assistance in case one of the two sides faces foreign aggression. mr. putin also said: expanding military-technical cooperation with north korea we do not consider the basis of the new agreement that was signed today unlikely. kim jong-un also said in this press conference: the strategic partnership agreement between the two countries is the strongest agreement in our history and a new path has been opened in relations with russia. before putin's visit to north korea, western officials expressed concern about the strengthening of military cooperation between moscow and pyongyang.

russia has entered vietnam, but the visit to pyongyang in north korea is very important in several aspects, which by the way, as you mentioned , aroused the great concern of the white house, you know that in 1961, there was a treaty called the treaty of friendship and mutual support with north korea, but now that mr putin arrived in pyongyang after 24 years . the cooperation document or strategic community partnership agreement between russia and north korea was signed . there is a very important clause in this agreement, which the president of the russian republic pointed out, regarding the bilateral response to any aggression against two countries, this is unprecedented and is happening for the first time, and it creates a security shield for north korea against all threats from america. mr. putin has officially announced that north korea is standing against a new american colonialism, and we have always been against colonialism since then. japan koreans countered and the soviet union entered korea and supported them and winning against japan , we were always by korea's side in the follo

negotiations between vladimir putin and kemchanyn ended in pyongyang. the tet meeting took about 2 hours; in total, communication in different formats lasted almost 5 hours. moscow and phinyan entered into an agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership. will replace the main bilateral document signed in 1961, as well as in 2000 and 2001, the progress of the visit of the russian leader is now being monitored by anastasia efimova, she joins me, anastasia, greetings, the document was signed just 10-15 minutes ago, and its contents , of course, it still remains to be studied later, but a lot can already be said about how the meeting took place and how the open part of the negotiations took place, and it is clear that the atmosphere is really welcoming, and the north koreans really know how to surprise, tell us the details, they really know how to surprise with their hospitality and their , i quote kimchan on enthusiasm. the atmosphere is warm, and this is not a metaphor in pyongyang today +33, so the negotiations between the leaders of the two countr

putin is in pyongyang right now.ting more, they understand that this is contrary to us interests. i'm concerned that this could become more than just a business relationship. i don’t know if they are ready to call themselves allies, it makes me feel uneasy. we have collected sayings in the west to give you an idea of ​​a certain choir and that the key in which he performs. here is ex-deputy us national security advisor ketley. china and russia look to the global south, they are not as concerned about europe as they are about the south. but cnn, the long-time head of television representation. in moscow, now cnn columnist jill dougherty, anxious and speaking as it should. but i think what really worries the united states is the question of what north korea wants from russia, and we know this is definitely high technology that will be used for military purposes, in the air, on land at sea, and this should cause concern to the us without question, and what they are trying to find out is how far does this go, what will p

we begin in pyongyang where in the past few hours vladimir putin has arrived on a much anticipated visit — his first there for 2h years. as you might imagine there was quite the ceremony. here's the moment the plane arrived with guards waiting and a woman in traditional dress ready to deliver a bouquet of flowers to the visiting russian president. here's mr putin coming down the steps to greet his host, at the bottom there's a handshake, a hug and an air—kiss. eventually a woman was seen presenting the flowers to the russian president. there's a slightly awkward bow, but it all seems to go down well. then, after a bit more chit chat, they're off. they've lots to talk about presumably after some sleep. in the meantime, let's start our analysis of this rare visit with our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. vladimir putin's first trip to pyongyang in almost a quarter of a century — a measure of this relationship�*s growing importance. a warm welcome from the north korean leader, two men shunned by much of the world, united in defiance of the west, each bearing a shopping list, their embr

washington is putting pressure on pyongyang as...states, its satellites , openly declare that their goal is to inflict a strategic defeat on russia, they are doing everything to delay using greater force to inflame the conflict in ukraine, which they themselves provoked by supporting and organizing an armed coup in kiev in 2014, and then the war in donbass, while all these years they have repeatedly rejected all our attempts at peace. regulation situations. russia has been and will be open to an equal dialogue on all the most difficult issues, while they are trying to exhaust our economy with ever new sanctions and provoke an increase in socio-political tension within the country, but no matter how hard they try, all their attempts to contain and isolate russia have failed. we continue to confidently increase our economic potential, develop industry, technology, infrastructure, science, education, and culture. it is gratifying that our korean friends, despite many years economic. provocations, blackmail and military threats from the

we are transported to north korea, we are transported to pyongyang, our political observer, alexey glovko in direct contact from the geun susan residence, where, in fact, hello colleagues, this day in pyongyang brought, of course, very important, very bright news. vladimir putin and kimchen signed an agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership, one article which stipulates that states will come to each other’s aid in case of attacks, too. vladimir putin said that russia does not exclude military-technical cooperation with the korean people's democratic republic. in general, many experts wondered: why is the russian president going so far, to his ally? why, in order to strengthen the already close partnership ties, now foreign political and military-technical, we know how difficult this asia-pacific region, here is the new formation of aucus, quite hostile to both the people's republic of china and of course, the north and north korea, here is south korea, which is constantly on whose territory american bases are located, and this is of course a threat to the north korean state, but

well, vladimir putin arrived in hanoi from pyongyang, where negotiations were held with the leader ofth korea, kimchen. as a result , an agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership between russia and the dprk was signed. anastasia efimova will tell you more about the visit. this is truly a real negotiation marathon. the leaders of russia and the dprk, in a formal setting and not only, communicate almost without pauses, it seems that they understand each other without translators. here's the footage. vladimir putin and kim chin-in on the way to a gala concert. note, they even joke, apparently, they understand each other perfectly, seemingly speaking different languages. however, not only heads of state, when the russian anthem is played, korean artists sing it in russian. there is practically no accent. the level of mutual understanding fully corresponds to the agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership, signed this wednesday by the leaders of the two countries. according to the document, the state is successfully developing on a sovereign and independent basis and oppos

on a very dark night at pyongyang airport, suddenly, i suspect that you now have what is called a rebuffyes, but here... so, dozens of motorcyclists are included in the honorary escort that will accompany the president on the way from pyongyang airport. on the airfield there is not even a red carpet, but a whole carpet. we just saw that everything accelerated sharply, look, a personal cameraman is running, and why? because if you look a little further, we will see that on the red carpet, kim jong-un will now approach russian air force one. it’s not often that foreign journalists visit the dprk; every gesture and every look is interesting. but after a couple of minutes the smile, as they say, practically does not leave your face. for the first time in the last 24 years, vladimir putin is back in the dprk, the first handshake with kimchenun, we, together with you, will continue to follow every stage of this, of course important exciting visit. right off the bat , a conversation about something very interesting, judging by the look. chemchinin is hospitable and courteous, first on the path,

ahead of his trip, mr putin praised pyongyang for its firm support for russia's war in ukraine.turn, north korea needs help with space technology, as well as food, fuel, and foreign currency. live now to our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, who is following the story from seoul. what is the latest on this visit, what kind of welcome has president putin received? fix, president putin received? very warm welcome, it was very late into the night, you could say early morning, pyongyang time when bled —— vladimir putin touchdown for the first time in more than two decades and there on the tarmac to warmly welcome one of staunchest supporters, kim jong—un the leader of north korea. official guard stood at attention at the airport on the runway as the two leaders embraced and smiled, then they walked down the red carpet lined with red roses and then onto a waiting motorcade. this took them through the streets and motorways of pyongyang, that were lined with vladimir putin's huge posters, banners welcoming the russian leader and also russian flags all along the motorway. it is not just abo

of this motorcade, only now not on the streets of vladevostok, as 5 years ago, on the streets of pyongyang, it’s not easy to say, because the high speed of the motorcade, the wind strong right in the face, but nevertheless, we can tell you that we see, as always, impeccably working... kim chinen's personal operators, who simply always do their job with complete self-sacrifice. today, of course, they do exactly the same thing, but then we’ll try to show you how our cameraman alexander medvedev is working, who is now taking these shots, standing behind the camera, at such speed everyone inevitably has a completely definite expression on their faces, and nothing can be done about it. on the screens in the capital of the dprk, participants in a special military operation, they smiled like children outside, we will stand and... become closer to them with practically no accent, as if russian were our native language, and so in each issue the emotions of the main viewers, and this is clearly a gift for vladimir personally putin, the city above the free neva, a huge multimedia screen was shown all

there's also going to be a massive parade in the center of pyongyang. and in fact, satellite images of indicated the size of that in the main square, in the center of the north korean capital so that's something that we're gonna be kind of watching very closely. but i think the most interesting stuff that's going to be decided is the stuff that's not going to be made public. the stuff that's going to be agreed behind the scenes, things like ammunition, supplies in the future from north korean factories to russian troops on the front line in ukraine. and of course, what north korea will get in return for that, would it be assistance? with a technological help with their missile or even then nuclear program that certainly the big concern in the united states and elsewhere about this burgeoning relationship, anderson i think that chance thank you the news continues right here on cnn i'd run next putin heading for a major meeting, new reporting tonight on how closely the white house is watching poops trip. >> and this face-to-face plus obama fighting back,

along the way, the cortege also greets hundreds of pyongyang residents.year, the countries celebrated the anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations, with their first visit. the leaders' negotiations are taking place at the residence of the leader of korea, kemsusan. it is almost impossible to unambiguously translate this word into russian. basically, it's three words. gold, mountain and water. as translators say, this is something like a concentration of all the best, but also , indeed, a real oriental flavor. the most important part, of course, is theta tet. there is a program for walking outside, but it’s very hot there now. despite its relative secrecy, north korea trades with more than a hundred countries. the first places in terms of turnover, of course, are china, india, and vietnam's trade volume with our country increased ninefold last year. 5 months of the current one, then another 54%. moscow and bhenyana have protocols on cooperation in education, science, transport, medicine, and now there will be a comprehensive strategic partne

a fair, multipolar world order, an idea that moscow and pyongyang consistently defend, their position will have to be taken into account. time after time, the propaganda cliches reproduced by westerners are no longer able to disguise their aggressive geopolitical plans, including in the northeast asia region. our assessments regarding the root causes of the escalation of military-political tensions coincide. this is a confrontational us policy to expand its military infrastructure in the subregion, which is accompanied by a significant increase in the scale and intensity of various military exercises with the participation of the republic of korea, japan and hostile towards andracharacter. such steps undermine peace and stability on the peninsula and pose a security threat to all countries of northeast asia. attempts to assign responsibility are categorically unacceptable. at the democratic people's republic of korea for worsening the situation. fhian has the right to take reasonable measures to strengthen its own defense capability, ensure national security and protect sovereignty. r

stoltenberg stated the need to counteract cooperation between moscow and pyongyang, blinken said that washington would strengthen its partnership with asia. news , look, it was 60 minutes, goodbye, bye. the russia tv channel is broadcasting news, i greet you, maria sitpel, hello, vladimir putin and kimchen, negotiations have just ended, teteta teteta, everyone is waiting for statements for the press. alexey konopko will tell you about the main points of the visit. the ceremonial part for today is also not yet pavel zarubin is also finished. the orchestra conductor stands facing the leaders, with his back to the orchestra, and conducts the orchestra. the negotiations between putin and kemchenyn attracted the attention of the media around the world; let’s look at the title pages and news broadcasts. south donetsk direction, works here. vladimir putin made such a statement today, opening a state visit to the democratic people's republic of korea, the president was given a grandiose warm welcome in the capital of the country, well, as it just became known, just a few minutes ago the leade

at the diplomatic level, pyongyang's regional neighbors and us allies became nervous.ily concerned about the american nuclear umbrella: will it end up full of holes? if an emergency arises, the us president will have to consider more than just nuclear weapons. korea, but also russian nuclear weapons. thus, we can predict a situation in which the us extended deterrence weakens. all of this will likely be discussed by us president biden, japanese prime minister kishida and the south korean president at next month's summit. partners in the region are looking to the united states to recommit to the nuclear umbrella it provides to asian allies. the japanese today expanded sanctions against russian companies individuals. this is how tokyo reacts. may be transferred to ukraine. putin already has large amounts of weapons, which said while in vietnam that this would be a big mistake for seoul, before that south korea. and the ambassador, who was brought to the attention of the siul's dissatisfaction with the pact signed between moscow and pyongyang, the south korean yonhab agen

way, we have to say right away that maybe someone looks at these visas, at this visit of putin to pyongyang as an everyday thing, but we have to say that for the whole during the existence of the democratic people's republic of korea, no soviet leader ever visited it, no one, no stalin, nor khrushchev, nor brezhnev, nor andropovych, chernenko did not visit anything, nor gorbachev, nobody went, putin himself. yeltsin did not visit, putin himself visited once in 2000, 20.4 years ago, this was the only visit, this was the second visit to byenyang, and suddenly there is such friendship, mr. igor, such love, such kisses, that just where there, yes, yes , of course, this, this visit is attracting a lot of attention, and i think that what is this, this is a persistent request, actually... of the koreans, the korean leader to visit pyongyang, and why me, me it seems that this is to a certain extent the basis of putin himself, he has no other chance than to come if he wants to get weapons and get exactly the kind of support from north korea that he is getting now, and how about me , it was a conditi

well, i think that in pyongyang and in hanoi, putin said quite a lot that, in principle , should haveeen perceived negatively in turkey. and turkey signed the declaration, well, the final final declaration to the peace summit, and turkey declares. the integrity of ukraine, based on what putin said, well, these are hardly topics around which, especially when it concerns ukraine, the parties will meet somewhere in the middle, and although of course there will be many words, there will be many speeches, it will be from turkey calls for an end to the war, returning to the negotiating table and the like, this is what we have heard many times. from erdogan, as far as economic aspects are concerned, well, there really are nuances here, because , as we know, turkey is seriously dependent on russian money, on russian gas and russian investments, including those big projects implemented by erdogan, the same nuclear power plant, and... in addition to this , there are a lot of problems in turkey, and this may become the subject of actual negotiations in the angra side. but here the question is wh

on a very dark night at the pyongyang airport, i suddenly suspect that you now have what is called as how dozens of motorcyclists are included in the honorary escort that will accompany the president on the way from pyongyang airports, there’s not even a red carpet on the airfield, but a whole carpet, we just saw that everyone accelerated sharply, look, here’s a personal cameraman running, and why because... if you look a little further, then we will see with you that on the red carpet, kim jinneung will now approach russian air force one, not often foreign journalists. but after a couple of minutes, the smile, as they say, practically does not leave your face. for the first time in the last 24 years, vladimir putin again in the dprk, the first handshake with kimchin, together with you we will continue to follow every stage of this absolutely important and exciting visit. the conversation is immediately about something very interesting, judging by putin’s look. chemchinin is hospitably courteous, first on the path, and then, when it was decided how to get to the city, for a few secon

russian president vladimir putin is in the north korean capital pyongyang for a two—day state.r kim jong—un. it's his first visit there in a quarter of a century. ahead of his trip, mr putin praised pyongyang for its firm support for russia's war in ukraine. moscow receives a steady supply of north korean munitions and ballistic missiles. in return, north korea needs help with space technology, as well as food, fuel, and foreign currency. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams sent this report. vladimir putin's first trip to pyongyang in almost a quarter of a century — a measure of this relationship�*s growing importance. a warm welcome from the north korean leader,

vladimir putin noted that pyongyang has significantly improved in compared to his previous visit, sohat’s what you say, i know that you have worked a lot in this country, that’s what the dprk really is and how real these western horror stories are. looks like crap? unfortunately, indeed in the world, and in our press, there is an opinion that this country is so gloomy, they only make missiles and do nothing else, but this is not at all true, firstly, one of the most widespread words in the world is about the isolation of the dprk, but north korea, by the way, is a member of the organization united nations, it has diplomatic relations with more than 160 countries of the world, it is a member of more than about 200 international organizations, but what kind of international isolation of this country can we talk about? yes, maybe the americans and their allies would like this, but in reality this is not the case. secondly, about the closedness of the country, but the dprk has been holding the april spring festival for many years, artists come from all over the world, including the so-ca

ahead of his trip, mr putin praised pyongyang for its firm support for russia's war in ukraine.cow receives a steady supply of north korean munitions and ballistic missiles. in return, north korea needs help with space technology, as well as food, fuel, and foreign currency. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, has been following the story from seoul. this trip is significant not just because it is vladimir putin's first trip in more than 20 years but i think it is also seen as yet another grand gesture between those two pariah states. it is seen as a sign of appreciation by vladimir putin in a way obliging to the invitation by kimjong un and also appreciating kimjong un unwavering support for russia's war in ukraine since the beginning. the russian president has arrived quite late but has a very busy day ahead of him and expected to attend the parade. also expected to visit the only orthodox church in pyongyang, the trinity life—giving orthodox church. these are all chances for the two men to again give the optics and the picture of unity that they still have friends they can rel

such a great statesman of all times and peoples, where he is allowed in pyongyang. we will now rest in the resorts of north korea. and about, and these russian comedians on television even laugh at it. they sing songs there: will we now rest in the resorts of north korea. this causes laughter even on the state tv channels of russia. so, if... putin wants to look like a statesman, he definitely needed to add something to this visit to north korea, and what, where are they waiting for him, nowhere, well, here i am, well, i'm waiting somewhere, no, well, i think in this region, where he wants to go, potentially, what other states of a similar nature can receive putin for a visit, or can we expect any similar visits in the near future... to far eastern or middle eastern countries? well, let's start with which countries can sell him more weapons, none, only north korea and iran, all the others, well, and some spare parts through third countries, well , spare parts - that's right, of course, no, so , where is he going can still go to the asia-pacific region, well, there i

at these moments in pyongyang, the leaders of russia, north korea, vladimir putin and kim jong-un are holding a tet-atet conversation. prior to this, negotiations took place in an expanded format. following the results , a signing ceremony of joint documents will take place, and after that the leaders will make statements to the media. the russian president arrived in kender the day before in a friendly manner. state visit. the next group of uav operators of the russian troops dnepr are preparing to begin performing combat missions on the front line. skills are honed on training grounds. military personnel practice covert combat skills. they send drones into enemy dugouts, destroy enemy weapons and satellite communication terminals. russian pranksters govan and lexus played two pranks. former presidents of poland, kwasniewski and komarovski. the conversation was conducted on behalf of the former head of ukraine petro poroshenko. both polish politicians admitted that poles are tired of ukrainian issues. the russian team already has more than 130 gold medals in brix games in kazan. this

we are sincerely glad to see vladimir putin in hanoi, as in pyongyang.sees a like-minded person in vietnam, the president emphasized. i like russian leader vladimir putin. i am confident that his visit will make an important contribution to the development of bilateral relations between our countries. this is my great honor. countries to host vladimir putin, his trip will deepen the trusting relationship between hanoi and moscow, primarily in the areas of diplomacy and economics. the visit of the russian leader to several asian countries at once clearly demonstrates that the collective west did not succeed isolate moscow from the whole world. the kremlin will continue to pursue an independent sovereign policy based on an equal and confidential dialogue. the time has come for a multipolar world. emil mirsaev, news. nato fears the strengthening of relations between russia's two powers, and the head of the military alliance, gen stoltenberg, admitted this. in his opinion, moscow can seriously weaken the sanctions regime against north korea that has been lau

the heart of pyongyang is kimmer sen square, by the way, it is one of the thirty most spacious squaresof holidays or public demonstrations , easily accommodating more than 100,000 dprk workers. even today the square is full of people. the official welcoming ceremony for vladimir putin takes place in on a grand scale, this is what eastern hospitality means, coupled with iron discipline, when the will of the entire country is subordinated to one goal. the chimes on the building of the people's palace of studies have counted down noon, kimchen-in descended the main staircase, the orchestra struck something solemnly cheerful and the whole square immediately came to life. people waved bouquets and flags to greet the russian president's motorcade. vladimir putin at the door of the aurus, together they took seats under the canopy while the chords of the anthem of first the russian federation and then the dprk sounded. the leaders walked along the line of the honor guard company and past a gaggle of children. these were not even schoolchildren, but most likely the senior group of a kindergarte

— grand visit in pyongyang? korean relations have _ grand visit in pyongyang?an| relations have been brimming and walking towards greater attention since the new administration. but it's a result of north korea's behaviour, conducting missile tests, and of course trying to test the resolve and willpower of the alliance, and now the south korean and japan bilateral cooperation. what we are seeing now is not out of the ordinary for north korea. i think also looking at the war going on in eastern europe, the conflict between israel and hamas, burning tensions — it's a recipe for north korean intervention and for north korean intervention and for north korea to make itself relevant, while at the same time testing how responsive the south korean government will be. and just this past month, we've seen three instances of north korean balloons across the border. the first three occasions, south korea declared them accidents. but i don't think they are accidents when they happened three times in one month. so we need to be more upfront and realistic about what's happen

it is important for pyongyang to be able to reach siul.mbat effectiveness, missile forces and artillery, mobilization resource - 6,200,000 people. the grandiose program took the whole day; in total, the leaders talked for 10 hours. putin lays flowers at the memorial to soviet soldiers in the heart of pyongyang. it was moscow that helped the koreans regain independence. august 15, forty -five. in 1999, soviet soldiers defeated the japanese kwantung army and liberated the peninsula. a granite stella topped with a red star was installed in memory. the comprehensive partnership agreement signed today provides, among other things, for the provision of mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties to this document. i would like to draw your attention to the statements of the united states and other nato countries about the supply of high-precision systems. relations between the dprk and the russian federation. i wish the most persistent and wise people in the world of the dprk and russia only victory and glory again. ex

. >> pyongyang's nuclear missile program grossly violates the un security council resolution. >> but anyway, wow, the tables have turned. >> here's putin. today pn friday, pretty much pyongyang has the right to take reasonable measures to strengthen its own defense capabilities. >> ensure national security, and protect sovereignty and putin state run television anchors were almost giddy at the idea that this deal could give north korea the power to strike the us mainland you'll ballistics it's ballistic missiles already reaching hawaiian islands, not to mention japan, the centers on the west coast of the united states could be under attack sometime later. i'm putting all of this part of a war lost that is deeply dangerous. the former director of national intelligence james clapper tells out front the evolving partnership between putin and kim poses a serious threat to the national security of the united states. >> and putin's total about face on kim and these past seven years does make sense in the context of his singular focus on taking on the west a singular obsession shared by kim

so this is pyongyang large military parade preparations going on in the capital grandstands are growing up, going up, you can see those sort of along the edge construction taking place. and one of the main squares in the city as well and this partnership newly close, is cemented in one key thing taking down the united states. >> look no farther than what russian state television is pushing tonight amelia will billions of people would be happy to stand in line to get the opportunity to strike the united states today the mother's ideal for conducting nuclear their strikes against nato contrast we only have one target, the continental territory the us, that i get no nuance or ambiguity there. and state state-controlled television in north korea saying the us and other hostile forces are bound to meet unforeseen disaster. so you hear all that rhetoric, right? but that rhetoric is actually turned into video. we've seen nearly identical simulations of nuclear annihilation of the united states. >> look for yourself what they've shown on russian state media television is on the left and on the

he landed in pyongyang a short while ago ahead of talks with north korea's leader kim jong—un.a has been supplying arms to russia for use in its war with ukraine — something pyongyang denies. here's our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. vladimir putin first trip to pyongyang in almost a quarter of a century a measurement of the relationships growing up or is a relationship's growing up or is a warm welcome for the north korean leader to mentioned by much of the world and united defiance of the west each bearing a shopping list. their embrace, a source of deep anxiety in washington. deepening cooperation _ anxiety in washington. deepening cooperation between _ anxiety in washington. deepening cooperation between russia - anxiety in washington. deepening cooperation between russia and l anxiety in washington. deepening l cooperation between russia and the prk is a trend that should be of great concern to anyone interested in maintaining peace and stability in maintaining peace and stability in the korean peninsula, upholding the global nonproliferation regime a binding secured

this one of him driving kim jong—un on the streets of pyongyang.il—sung square, at the heart of the north korean capital, was buzzing with crowds and colour, as the two globally isolated leaders revelled in each other�*s company and what mr kim described as a new level of alliance. translation: we highlyl appreciate your consistent and unwavering support for russian policy, including the ukrainian direction. i mean, ourfight against the hegemonic imperialist policy imposed for decades by the united states and its satellites. since his war on ukraine, vladimir putin and kimjong—un have grown ever closer. now they've signed a defence agreement that calls for mutual assistance in the event of aggression against either side. a move that will no doubt deepen washington's anxieties. translation: i have no doubt that this powerful treaty - signed between our two countries will be very constructive, and will be a driving force in the creation of a new multinational world, free from domination, hegemony and unilateral authority. high on vladimir putin's pri

pyongyang has changed over the years.flight altitude, the capital of north korea, these are entire blocks, new high-rise buildings, a plane with journalists lands at the international airport, and there are already flags and banners with the words greetings, but the full scale of the solemn meeting becomes noticeable on the way to the city, russian and north korean flags along the entire route and next to them are portraits of vladimir putin, on which it is written that the country warmly welcomes a dear comrade, the main and most... country square kimersen square, where tomorrow the ceremonial meeting of the russian president kimchenun will take place. the leaders are also scheduled to hold talks, followed by statements to the press, in honor of guests from russia will be given a reception and concert. last year, the two countries celebrated seventy-five years of diplomatic relations. the soviet union became the first state to recognize the dprk after the end of the korean war. after the collapse of the ussr, the most im

judging by these shots, the entire three million people of pyongyang came out to meet the russian president. despite the blazing sun and 10-degree heat, people are chanting putin; there is no crowd on the sidewalk. the ceremonial cortege consists of 20 black aurus cars with moscow license plates. as soon as the president drives up to the podium, the square literally explodes with applause. flowers, flash cards, balloons of various sizes, enthusiastic koreans greet putin. what is happening is reminiscent of a national holiday ; a banner with the inscription “russian-korean friendship” hangs over the square. even kindergarteners greet putin with flowers and flags in their hands. at this moment , the famous wide country, my native one, by dunoevsky, sounds over the square. on stage, two giant portraits of leaders float into the sky . the russian delegation is clearly under impressed, for example, deputy prime minister novak is filming what is happening on his mobile phone, kimchunyn greeted the head of the russian ministry of defense especially warmly. orchestra. performs the russian anthem, h

has even asked for help in the most sensitive areas back in pyongyang, the only tech being transferred so far seems to be automotive. the kremlin gifting kim, a russian made limo in which putin then drove him around during a brief interlude but then it was back to the business of state-sponsored flatter putin and kim stone-faced times sats as the captive audience clapped along to patriotic russian and korean songs leaders opposed to the us and its allies are isolated and sanctioned by the west in pyongyang, at least neither looks like a pariah in matthew chance joins us now from moscow. so prudent has now moved to vietnam. do we know what is hoping to accomplish in that part of the trip? >> yeah. i mean, it's gonna be a lot less ambitious. i think that those dramatic scenes that we saw in pyongyang, the kremlin says that it wants to establish closer cooperation on the nuclear issue. nuclear power generation in vietnam it was to boost educational exchanges, boost tourism. in other words, a lot more about increasing trade and business ties, lot less about fighting the united states and i