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From Russia with love.<\/p>\n
Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un a luxury Russian Aurus limousine in a show of the countries deepening ties, although observers said it could violate\u00a0a U.N. resolution\u00a0that bans supplying luxury items to North Korea in an attempt to pressure the country to abandon its nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n
The Russian-made limousine was delivered to Kim’s top aides by the Russian side on Feb. 18, North Korea’s official KCNA news agency said.<\/p>\n
The limousine is similar to one of the black armored limousines Putin uses and the decision to gift the Aurus to Kim came after the North Korean leader liked the car when the Russian president showed it to him last year, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. The pair met in September at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, a Russian\u00a0spaceport\u00a0above the 51st parallel north in the\u00a0Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East.<\/p>\n
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Vladimir Putin’s Aurus Senat limousine arrives ro the 5th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building measures in Asia (CICA), in Bishkek, Tajikistan, June,15,2019. Vladimir Putin has arrived to Dushanbe with a two-days visit to attend the CICA Summit.\u00a0<\/span> (Mikhail Svetlov\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nKIM JONG UN DRAWS RED LINE AT SEA, RENEWS PROMISE TO FIRE ON SOUTH KOREAN SHIP ‘THAT VIOLATES EVEN 0.001MM’<\/strong><\/p>\nPutin showed Kim one of the limousines and Kim sat beside him in the car and appeared to enjoy it, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.<\/p>\n
“When the head of the DPRK (North Korea) was at the Vostochny cosmodrome, he looked at this car, Putin showed it to him personally, and like many people, Kim liked this car,” Peskov said when asked about the gift.<\/p>\n
“So this decision was made,” Peskov said. “North Korea is our neighbor, our close neighbor, and we intend, and will continue, to develop our relations with all neighbors, including North Korea.”<\/p>\n
Kim’s sister “courteously conveyed Kim Jong Un’s thanks to Putin to the Russian side, saying that the gift serves as a clear demonstration of the special personal relations between the top leaders,”\u00a0North Korea’s official KCNA news agency said.<\/p>\n
Kim, 40, is known to possess many\u00a0foreign-made luxury cars\u00a0believed to have been smuggled into his country in breach of the U.N. resolution. Kim arrived at the September summit in a Maybach limousine brought onboard a special train he traveled on from Pyongyang, while he is also understood to possess several Mercedes limousines, a Rolls-Royce Phantom and a Lexus sports utility.<\/p>\n
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, left, during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on Sept. 13, 2023.<\/span> (MIKHAIL METZEL\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNORTH KOREA FIRES CRUISE MISSILES INTO SEA OF JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA SAYS: REPORT<\/strong><\/p>\nKim reportedly used a Mercedes Maybach S600 Pullman Guard for his two summits with then-President Donald Trump in Singapore in 2018 and Vietnam in 2019, according to The AP.\u00a0<\/p>\n
South Korea’s foreign ministry said it was closely monitoring the cooperation between Russia and North Korea while urging both countries to comply with U.N. Security Council resolutions.<\/p>\n
“Security Council sanctions on North Korea prohibit directly or indirectly supplying, selling or moving all transportation vehicles internationally categorized as HS Code 86 through to 89 regardless of their origin to North Korea including luxury cars,” ministry spokesperson Lim Soo-suk told a media briefing, according to Reuters.\u00a0<\/p>\n
North Korea and Russia\u00a0have boosted their cooperation significantly since the September summit and since the onset of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine two years ago.<\/p>\n
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a submarine-launched cruise missile test with military officials at an undisclosed location in North Korea in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 28, 2024.\u00a0<\/span> (KCNA via REUTERS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nThe U.S., South Korea and their partners accuse\u00a0North Korea\u00a0of sending conventional arms to Russia for its war in Ukraine, in return for high-tech Russian weapons technologies and other support.<\/p>\n
North Korea has also been advancing its nuclear program, while Kim last week vowed to fire upon any South Korean vessel that violates its waters.<\/p>\n
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this story.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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