Newsman: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters Wednesday that the Russian leader had exchanged gifts with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un during their summit in Pyongyang.
Russian President Putin gave Kim a second Russian-made Aurus limousine — a hulking car the North Korean leader is said to have taken a shine to during a previous summit in 2023 in Russia’s Far East. Putin is often driven around in an Aurus, and he was seen during the 2023 meeting showing his off to Kim. Several months after that encounter, Kim got his first Aurus delivered, courtesy of the Kremlin.
The leaders were shown in images broadcast by North Korea’s state-run media taking turns driving each other around in Kim’s new limo on Wednesday, smiling in the black leather interior.
Other gifts from Putin to Kim on Wednesday included a tea set and a naval officer’s dirk, or small dagger.
Ushakov said during the summit that Kim’s presents to Putin included artwork depicting the Russian leader, and the North’s state-run media said Thursday that Kim had also given his counterpart a pair of Pungsan dogs.
