Kim Jong Un accuses US of acting in ‘bad faith’

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he believes the United States acted in “bad faith” at the Hanoi summit, North Korean state media reported.

The report in North Korea’s state-run KCNA news was released on the final day of Kim’s visit to the far-eastern Russian city of Vladivostok. Kim and Putin met there for the first time Thursday, spending about three and a half hours together. The North Korean leader left Vladivostok Friday afternoon aboard his armored government train.

KCNA reported that “Kim Jong Un said that the situation on the Korean Peninsula and the region is now at a standstill, and has reached a critical point where it may return to its original state, as the US took a unilateral attitude in bad faith at the recent second DPRK-US summit talks,” using the acronym for North Korea’s formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

KCNA also said Kim told his Russian hosts that “peace and security on the Korean Peninsula will entirely depend on the US’ future attitude, and the DPRK will guard itself for every possible situation.”

US President Donald Trump’s second meeting with Kim in Hanoi in February ended earlier than expected and without a deal. Trump and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the two sides could not agree on the amount of sanctions relief to exchange for concrete steps by North Korea to eliminate its nuclear weapons program.

While Trump said both sides left things on good terms, North Korean officials have accused the US of sabotaging the talks.

Diplomats from Pyongyang have used similar language to Kim’s in describing US demands at the Hanoi summit.

North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui told reporters in March that the country has “no intention to yield to the US demands (put forward at the Hanoi summit) in any form, nor are we willing to engage in negotiations of this kind.”

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on Thursday, April 25, at the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) on Russky Island.

Preparations for a Russia - North Korea summit at the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) on Russky Island on Thursday.

Russian officers carry briefcases that appear to contain nuclear launch codes as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for talks with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un in Vladivostok, Russia, Thursday, April 25.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gets out of a car as he arrives for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Far Eastern Federal University campus on Russky Island in Vladivostok, Russia.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, center, arrives for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Vladivostok, Russia, on Thursday, April 25.

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting at the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) on Russky Island, on Thursday.

South Koreans watch a television broadcast reporting the meeting of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin, at the Seoul railway station on Thursday, April 25 in Seoul, South Korea.

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting at the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) on Russky Island, on Thursday, April 25.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un pose for photographers during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, on Thursday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and members of the Russian and North Korean delegations hold talks at the Far Eastern Federal University campus on Russky Island in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on Thursday, April 25.

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Far Eastern Federal University campus on Russky Island on Thursday.

A commemorative medal during a reception on behalf of Russia's President Vladimir Putin following Russian and North Korean talks at the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) on Russky Island on Thursday, April 25.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a reception on behalf of Russia's President following Russian and North Korean talks at the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) on Russky Island on Thursday, April 25.

Russian and North Korean flags are seen along a road prior to the meeting of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Russky Island in Vladivostok, Russia, on Thursday.

Snipers are deployed on the roof of the Sports Center of Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, Russia, ahead of the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Thursday, April 25.

Summit officials from North Korea and Russia lay a red carpet at the railway station in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday, April 24, ahead of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's arrival there for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un runs in Khasan, a Russian border city with North Korea, on Wednesday, April 24, on its way to Vladivostok where Kim will hold his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Journalists of the North Korean leader pool are seen at a railway station in Vladivostok during North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's visit.

Honor guard soldiers prepare for a welcome ceremony for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un near a railway station in Vladivostok, Russia, on Wednesday, April 24.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un disembarks from a train during a welcoming ceremony at a railway station in the far eastern settlement of Khasan, Russia Wednesday, April 24.

North Korean security staff members run with a car carrying leader Kim Jong Un at Vladivostok Station on Wednesday, April 24, in Vladivostok, Russia.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks past honor guards during a welcoming ceremony upon arrival at the railway station in the far eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on Wednesday April 24.

Locals and members of the media gather behind a monument to the Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin to watch a welcoming ceremony for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vladivostok, Russia, on Wednesday, April 24.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, receives bread and salt on his arrival at Khasan train station, Primorsky Krai region, Russia, on Wednesday, April 24.

Workers hang the North Korean and Russian flags on a road leading to the Far Eastern Federal University on Wednesday, April 24, in advance of the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Putin.

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Putin and Kim did not sign any documents or agreements after their meetings, though they weren’t expected to. The summit was instead heavy on lavish symbolism and platitudinous remarks about mutual friendship. Kim called the relationship “a precious treasure of our two nation’s people that is an amalgamation of the mutual goal and interest based on historical tradition.”

Analysts say the meeting may have been attempt by the Russian leader to reinsert Moscow into one of the most important regional conflicts after months of sitting on the sidelines while China, South Korea and the US engaged in diplomatic talks with North Korea.

Others say Pyongyang may have been shopping for deals, seeking to lessen its economic reliance on Beijing and hedge against the possibility that talks with Washington fail.

“The trip is more about stirring other interlocutors into renewed talks/concessions,” said Robert Kelly, a professor of international relations at Pusan National University in South Korea.

CNN’s Jake Kwon, Zahra Ullah and Nathan Hodge contributed to this report