Russia could justify helping North Korea advance its space program by pushing new interpretations of sanctions against the DPRK, including using its own rockets to put the satellites into orbit, former U.N. Panel of Experts members told NK Pro on Thursday.

Before his talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Cosmodrome Vostochny spaceport in the Russian Far East on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin said Moscow will help Pyongyang to build satellites.

“That’s why we came to Cosmodrome Vostochny,” Putin said, according to RIA Novosti. “The DPRK leader shows great interest in