Putin presented the DPRK leader with a spacesuit glove and a carbine

Russian President Vladimir Putin presented North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with a glove from a space suit that had been in space several times, and a carbine. The press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov spoke about this.

Peskov said that there was an exchange of gifts between the leaders, but the Kremlin prefers “never to publicize it much.”

“But indeed, President Putin gave the Korean leader a glove from a space suit that had been in space several times. He gave us a carbine of our domestic Russian production of the highest quality,” Peskov said.

The DPRK leader also presented the Russian president with a carbine that was made by North Korean craftsmen. Peskov added that there were other gifts.

The DPRK leader arrived in Russia on September 12 at the invitation of the Russian president. On September 13, Putin and Kim Jong-un met at the Vostochny Cosmodrome. First, the leaders held talks in an expanded format, and then continued the meeting in a tete-a-tete format. Peskov toldthat during the negotiations the question of the possibility of sending a North Korean astronaut into space was raised. According to the Kremlin representative, if Pyongyang wishes, a North Korean astronaut could be trained and launched into space.