North Korea Reportedly Courting Russia for Increased Support

I can only imagine what criminal schemes the Russians and North Koreans are discussing to skirt United Nations sanctions:

A group of Russian senators is visiting North Korea, the latest in a series of talks between the two countries following the collapse of the U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Sergei Kislyak, the first deputy chairman of the Russian Federation Council’s Committee for Foreign Affairs and one of the Russian delegates, said the visit from March 16 to 21 will be “an absolutely natural, normal practice” to continue dialogue between the two countries.

But speculation is rampant it results from Pyongyang’s desperate bid to woo support from Moscow, following the collapse of talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

The failure of talks apparently clouds the North Korean leader’s plans to rebuild the country’s economy by convincing the U.S. to lift nuclear sanctions against his regime.

China, the North’s closet ally, is believed to be remaining prudent in its stance over the summit collapse.

“The goal of the visit (to North Korea) is to continue the dialogue with a country that is friendly to us and that is solving most difficult problems in the foreign and domestic policies,” Kislyak told Russian news agency TASS after arriving at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport, March 16. “We have things to discuss, we wish to better understand the aspirations of our North Korean neighbors, and I think that this dialogue is an absolutely natural, normal practice that we will continue in our relations.”

Korea Times

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