Kim Jong-un arrived at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in his characteristic green armored train. The famous wooden staircase with carpet was already waiting for the politician: the carriage doors stopped exactly in front of it.
Western media wrote a few days ago that the head of the DPRK wants to see the launch pad, but the Kremlin until the morning of Wednesday, September 13, did not say exactly where Comrade Kim was heading from the border. Putin himself said at the WEF plenary session that everyone will know his plans when the time comes.
Previously, Vladimir Vladimirovich arrived in Vostochny by helicopter, if the weather permitted, or by car, if the weather was bad. But in August the first plane received the airport under construction, so the Russian leader was able to get there anyway. In any case, it is unlikely that he also took the train.
GREAT COSMONAUTICS
First of all, Vladimir Putin met with schoolgirl Maria Andreeva from Rostov-on-Don. On September 1, the girl participated in an open lesson “Talking about important things,” given by the president. She said that she creates and develops satellites herself.
The head of the country invited the student to witness the launch of the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft with a Russian-American crew, scheduled for September 15 in Baikonur.
– You have a small cosmonautics, but here it is big. Yuri Ivanovich Borisov (head of Roscosmos – Ed.), we talked to him yesterday, he said, if you want, you can go to the launch, – the Russian leader suggested.
DPRK head calls on Russia to share technology
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THE ROCKET PASSES IN THE LEFT DIRECTION
Officially, Kim Jong-un came to Vostochny because he wants to develop his own space program in the DPRK. But the politician was not more interested in the satellites themselves, but in the rockets that lift them.
– What is the power of the engine that is launched from this cosmodrome? – Comrade Kim asked a very specific question.
Nobody disputed the fact that rockets can fly not only into space, but also across the ocean.
Vladimir Putin showed his colleague the launch pad. Borisov spoke of a long tradition:
“We have a tradition, started by founder Sergei Korolev, of always rotating around the rocket counterclockwise at launch.
TOGETHER AGAINST IMPERIALISM
After a tour of the cosmodrome, Comrade Kim left a note in the guest book: “The glory of Russia, which gave birth to the first space explorers, will be immortal.”
Well, then the open protocol part of the politicians’ meeting began.
– The meeting is still taking place at a new time for us. More recently, the DPRK celebrated 75 years of its founding and creation. 75 years of establishing diplomatic relations between our countries. Our country was the first to recognize the sovereign and independent state of the DPRK. Very soon we will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of the War of Independence, the victory of the Korean people in this war,” said Vladimir Putin.
It is true that formally there were no winners in the Korean War. Both sides, having reached a positional stalemate, concluded a truce. And the two countries are still at war.
DPRK head calls on Russia to share technology
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– Now Russia rises in a sacred struggle to defend its state sovereignty and protect its security. We have always supported and support all decisions of President Putin and the Russian government. “I hope we will always be together in the fight against imperialism,” said Comrade Kim.
The open part turned out to be small. The Heads of State mentioned the economic and humanitarian sphere. They did not say anything about military-technical cooperation, although the Defense Ministers of both countries were present at the meeting.
South Korean and American media write that Kim Jong-un will ask us to share space and missile technologies. In exchange, he can supply artillery shells and anti-tank missiles. The DPRK has been modernizing Soviet weapons for many years, so their ammunition may be suitable for our weapons.
But the Kremlin has never confirmed any arms supplies from Asia.
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