Kim Jong Un Asks Putin to Play Go-Between as Trump Talks Sputter
- Meeting gives Putin chance to remain a player in nuclear issue
- Kim’s last meeting with Trump broke up without a deal
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Kim Jong Un sought Vladimir Putin’s help in resolving a nuclear stalemate with the U.S., asking the Russian leader at their first summit to convey his views to Donald Trump.
“Chairman Kim Jong Un himself asked us to inform the American side about his position,” Putin told reporters after more than three hours of talks on a university campus in the Russian Pacific port of Vladivostok. “There are no secrets here. We will discuss this with the Americans and our Chinese partners,” said Putin, who is heading to Beijing later Thursday.