North Korean leader Kim Jong Un asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for help dealing with President Trump — pleading for a hand in resolving Pyongyang’s nuclear stalemate with the US, according to a report.

The two heads of state met in a historic summit Thursday that lasted more than three hours on a university campus in the Russian city of Vladivostok.

“Chairman Kim Jong Un himself asked us to inform the American side about his position,” Putin told reporters.

“There are no secrets here. We will discuss this with the Americans and our Chinese partners.”

Russia had extended an invitation to the North Korean leader nearly a year ago, but Kim only agreed to come when his second summit with Trump broke down in February with no agreements to relieve UN sanctions, according to Fortune magazine.

North Korea has since groused that several intermediaries — including US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and the South Korean government — aren’t adequately conveying his message to Trump.

“I had candid and meaningful talks with Putin on developing friendly relations between North Korea and Russia,” Kim said at a reception with the Russian leader.

Putin’s role allows him to remain plugged into a security dispute involving mostly the US and China.

It was Kim’s first meeting with Putin since the North Korean came to power in 2011.

An expert told Fortune that the meeting between the two leaders only went through because the summit with Trump unraveled.

“If the Hanoi summit had gone well, North Korea would not have needed to visit Russia,” said Kim Sung-han, dean of Korea University’s Graduate School of International Studies in Seoul, who formerly served as a vice minister at the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Kim Jong Un said in a parliament speech earlier this month that he’s OK with meeting with Trump again — provided that the US gives him acceptable terms for a deal by the end of the year.

“Putin-Kim Jong Un meet in Vladivostok on Thursday will not result in breakthroughs,” Dmitri Trenin, director of the Moscow Carnegie Center, tweeted earlier this week. “This is essentially a side-show in continuing saga btw Pyongyang and Washington. Russia will seek to score diplomatic points by demonstrating its relevance; North Korea, by showing it has options.”