EGN NEWS DESK
Goats for weapons?
After a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean chief Kim Jong Un in June at which the worldwide pariahs mentioned mutual cooperation, Moscow has delivered a present to Pyongyang.
Russia despatched, drumroll, 447 goats to the North Korean metropolis of Rason, the Russian agriculture security watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor stated in a press launch.
The goats, which had been exported from Russia’s Leningrad area, symbolize a primary batch of cattle that Russia intends to ship to North Korea. The goats will present dairy merchandise to native youngsters to alleviate North Korea’s meals shortages, primarily attributable to government-related insurance policies, with the state of affairs getting worse through the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to Human Rights Watch, 10.7 million out of 25.9 million individuals in North Korea are malnourished, and 18 p.c of kids have impaired progress and improvement as a consequence of continual malnutrition.
