Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea on June 18–19 and Vietnam on June 19–20, 2024, to discuss strategic partnerships, trade, and military cooperation.
Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Russia in September 2023 as a reciprocal visit. Following the Russian leader's visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on June 18–19, Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has invited the leader to make a state visit to Vietnam on June 19–20.
North Korea and Vietnam are two extremely potential and strategically significant partner states that President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit as part of Russia's aggressive effort to strengthen mutually beneficial ties with its Asian allies.
North Korea
Assisting the president, Yury Ushakov, told reporters on Monday that the Russian president's journey to Pyongyang is expected to be "very intensive."
He clarified the visit's schedule as...