PUTIN and Kim Jong-un’s bromance meet-up has led to WW3 planning as they signed a chilling new “aggression” pact to rival Nato.
The North Korean tyrant put up a lavish welcome for his Russian comrade as the despotic pair rolled through the streets of Pyongyang in a Mercedes limo.
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After landing in North Korea, Putin and Kim hugged each other and were seen having a brief conversation before they got in the same car.
The two shared “pent-up inmost thoughts” on the ride to the state guest house, North Korean state media said.
Gifts were exchanged, with Kim reportedly receiving yet another luxury car, an admiral’s dagger and a tea set from his friend.
And as expected, the pair showed a united front against the West during the two-day meet as they signed a “comprehensive strategic partnership” pact.
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The chilling deal includes a breakthrough mutual defence clause in the case of aggression against either country, Putin said on Wednesday.
“The comprehensive partnership agreement signed today provides, among other things, for mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties to this agreement,” the Russian despot explained.
Putin added that “Russia does not rule out developing the military-technical cooperation” with North Korea in a chilling WW3 threat.
Mad Vlad went on to accuse Western deliveries of advanced, long-range weaponry including F-16 fighters to Ukraine for strikes against Russia of breaching major agreements.
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Kim praised Russia for making what he cast as an enormously significant strategic move to support North Korea, which was founded in 1948 with the Soviet Union’s backing.
Putin’s courting of Kim, which includes gifts of limousines, a tour of Russia’s new space launch centre and the “strategic partnership” pact has alarmed the United States and its Asian allies.
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Their spy agencies are now trying to work out just how far the 71-year-old Kremlin chief will go – and what missile or even nuclear technology Russia might pass to North Korea in exchange for munitions to fight in Ukraine.
Kim, 40, met Putin at 4am local time on Wednesday after he touched down in his presidential plane to kick off his two-day visit.
The pair rolled through the streets of Pyongyang in a Mercedes limo as cheering crowds waved flowers and held up giant portraits of the Russian president.
Children clutched balloons and held up North Korean flags in Kim Il Sung square for the two despots – in front of two huge pictures of Vlad and Kim pinned up on the square’s main building.
After the lavish welcome, the pair then rode to the Kumsusan Palace for talks.
During talks, Kim said “relations between our countries are entering a new era of blossoming”.
And the North Korea dictator said “the ardent friendship of the two countries will be strengthened” during Vlad’s visit.
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He also expressed his “full support” for Putin’s brutal and illegal war in Ukraine.
North Korea “expresses full support and solidarity to the Russian government, army and people in carrying out a special military operation in Ukraine to protect sovereignty, security interests, as well as territorial integrity,” he said.
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Kim Jong-un made submissive Putin his ‘second banana’, expert says
by Katie Davis, Senior Foreign Reporter
DOMINANT Kim Jong-un forced Vladimir Putin to be his “second banana” as he greeted his Russian counterpart in North Korea, an expert said.
Professor Erik Bucy told The Sun Kim “demanded obeisance” from the Russian leader – who would have been left feeling “incredibly awkward” as he has long tried to maintain a macho image.
Cringe-inducing video caught the moment the pair desperately tried to usher each other into a car at Pyongyang airport.
They both repeatedly signal for the other to enter the Mercedes limo first – with Putin eventually conceding as Kim grinned and made his way around to the other side of the car.
Professor Bucy said: “What looks like a friendly welcome is really a dance to determine dominance among two nefarious authoritarians.
“As the two leaders approach the limo, Putin attempts to act as the welcoming host and guide Jong-un into his own limo but the North Korean leverages the moment by holding his ground and keeping his arm outstretched, nonverbally insisting that he lead Putin into the back seat.”
Bucy, who works in Strategic Communication at Texas Tech University, said Kim’s insistence “reinforced Putin’s status as a client and Jong-unn’s as the host and supplier”.
He added: “This cringe moment evokes the social hierarchy of a couple on a date, where the dominant partner demonstrates chivalry by opening the door for the other, who accepts the role of second banana.
“It had to be incredibly awkward for Putin, who fashions himself the supreme leader of the old Soviet order, to be led into Jong Un’s car like that.”
Source: Sun
