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Moscow is a no-go for Kim Jong-un as he cancels planned visit to Russia
Source: The Guardian
Moscow is a no-go for Kim Jong-un as he cancels planned visit to Russia
Shaun Walker in Moscow
Thursday 30 April 2015 12.37 BST
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, will not travel to Moscow for the celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war, a spokesman for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has revealed.
Although information about the planned visit on 9 May was scarce, Russian officials had expected Kim to attend the military parade and were also planning a bilateral meeting with Putin. It would have been his first foreign trip since he took power following the death of his father, Kim Jong-il, in 2011.
Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Thursday: “He has decided to stay in Pyongyang. This decision is related to internal Korean affairs.”
Peskov said the information had come “via diplomatic channels”.
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Shaun Walker in Moscow
Thursday 30 April 2015 12.37 BST
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, will not travel to Moscow for the celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war, a spokesman for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has revealed.
Although information about the planned visit on 9 May was scarce, Russian officials had expected Kim to attend the military parade and were also planning a bilateral meeting with Putin. It would have been his first foreign trip since he took power following the death of his father, Kim Jong-il, in 2011.
Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Thursday: “He has decided to stay in Pyongyang. This decision is related to internal Korean affairs.”
Peskov said the information had come “via diplomatic channels”.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/30/kim-jong-un-north-korea-cancels-visit-moscow-second-world-war-anniversary
