Kremlin says 'no agreements' signed during Kim visit
FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attend a meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023 in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Friday (Sep 15) said no agreements have been signed during North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's ongoing visit to Russia.
"No agreements were signed and there was no plan to sign any," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, amid concern in Washington that the two countries could be preparing an arms deal.
Kim began his visit to Russia on Tuesday.
At a meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, the two leaders exchanged gifts of rifles - a choice seen as symbolic given Western concern.
Putin talked up the prospect of greater cooperation with North Korea and said there were "possibilities" for military ties despite international sanctions on Pyongyang.
The Kremlin on Thursday said Putin had accepted an invitation from Kim to visit North Korea, without giving a date for the trip.
Kim on Friday visited a factory which produces fighter jets in Russia's Far East.
