FOR MORE than a year there has been a flurry of diplomatic activity on the Korean Peninsula.
But Russia is conspicuously absent from the big game.
President Vladimir Putin is yet to meet his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un, who has already held four summits with Chinese President Xi Jinping, three meetings with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, and one rendezvous with US President Donald Trump.
Moscow did host the first ever Russia–China–North Korea trilateral at the vice foreign minister level in October 2018.
Russia is also calling for the easing of sanctions on North Korea to reward Pyongyang for its peaceful gestures …read more
Source: Asian Correspondent
