Putin arrived in North Korea on Wednesday for his first visit in 24 years, vowing to deepen trade and security ties with the reclusive nuclear-armed state and to support it against the United States.
Military and economic ties between Russia and North Korea have increased significantly after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. North Korea is believed to have supplied Russia with artillery munitions and ballistic missiles in exchange for sophisticated weapon systems and aid.
During their September meeting at Russia's main space launch site, Kim Jong Un invited the Russian president to visit North Korea at “a convenient time,” and Putin accepted.
The North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Putin reaffirmed his willingness to visit Pyongyang and said that he could come at an “early date.”
North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said during a visit to Moscow that ties with Russia were developing in line with the plans of the two countries leaders, a deepening of a relationship that the United States and its allies view with concern.
North Korea may provide Russia will millions of artillery shells and rockets based on Soviet design that will give the latter a major boost in the war against Ukraine, suggest reports.
The agency has also booked unidentified officials of the Indian Air Force, the Defence Ministry and Switzerland-based Pilatus Aircraft Limited in the case.
Wing Loong II is a high-end reconnaissance, strike and multi-role endurance unmanned aerial system, capable of being fitted with air-to-surface weapons. It is roughly equivalent to the American MQ-9 Reaper drone.
Pakistan today said the reported sale of advanced weapons to India by some countries would undermine the strategic balance in the region.
Beijing has listed US arms sales to India and Indo-China border disputes among the top six “sensitivities” for the new American government.
China's unflinching love for its ‘all-weather ally’ Pakistan leaped a step further on Thursday after the former officially confirmed its biggest ever military deal, the sale of eight attack submarines, to the latter.
New Delhi: India was the second largest arms importer in the world in 2015, down from no. 1 position in the previous year,a military think tank database reveals.Saudi Arabia has ebbed India to become the
New Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said there has been no interference of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in the working of his ministry, nor have there been any "unnecessary delays" in arms acquisitions
Washington: US and Qatar have signed an arms deal on Qatar's purchase of US Patriot defence systems and Apache helicopters to the tune of $11 billion, the US Defence Department said in a statement on
US President Obama is set to sign America's biggest ever arms deal. The Nobel Peace Prize winner has reportedly agreed to the £39billion sale of aircraft and weapons systems to Saudi Arabia, reports The Mail,
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