Kim returns home after trip to Russia for summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has returned home from a trip to Russia after his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. AP
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has returned home from his trip to Russia following his first summit with President Vladimir Putin, the North's state media reported Saturday.
Kim's special train returned earlier in the day, and was greeted by people in the country's northeastern province of North Hamkyeong, according to the Korean Central News Agency. It did not specify exactly when and where the train arrived
The North Korean leader departed Vladivostok, Friday afternoon, a day after the summit with Putin at which they discussed the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and bilateral ties.
Kim's visit to Vladivostok marked his first overseas trip since the breakdown of his February summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, which ended without a deal after they failed to find common ground over the scope of Pyongyang's denuclearization steps and Washington's sanctions relief.
The KCNA earlier reported that Kim emphasized peace and security on the peninsula entirely depended on Washington's future attitude during his summit with Putin.
It added that Kim also blamed Washington's “unilateral” attitude for the breakdown of the February meeting with Trump and the current stalemate in nuclear disarmament negotiations, and that Pyongyang was bracing for all possible scenarios. (Yonhap)