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Putin Briefs Kim Jong-un on Trump Summit, Commends North Korean Support in Kursk

Moscow is reinforcing its strategic alliance with Pyongyang through a State Duma delegation visit timed just before Putin’s Anchorage summit.

This photo, carried by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Aug. 13, 2025, shows the North's leader Kim Jong-un holding phone talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin the previous day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
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Overview

  • On August 12, the Kremlin announced that President Putin phoned Kim Jong-un to share details of his upcoming August 15 meeting with President Trump in Anchorage, Alaska.
  • During the call, Putin publicly praised North Korean political and military assistance in Russia’s western front-line Kursk region, citing the “valor, heroism and selflessness” of DPRK soldiers.
  • The exchange builds on the comprehensive strategic partnership treaty signed in Pyongyang in June 2024 and follows reports of North Korean munitions transfers and personnel support for Russia’s Ukraine operations.
  • Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin will lead an official delegation to Pyongyang on August 14–15, coinciding with North Korea’s 80th liberation anniversary celebrations.
  • These coordinated diplomatic moves underscore Moscow’s effort to consolidate allied backing immediately before high-level talks aimed at addressing the Russia-Ukraine war.