MOSCOW: The Kremlin hailed ties with North Korea on Thursday (Jun 13) ahead of a rumoured visit by President Vladimir Putin to Pyongyang, which the West says is supplying weapons for Moscow to use in Ukraine.
North Korea n leader Kim Jong Un meets Russia 's President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Oblast of the Far East Region, Russia , September 13, 2023, in this image released by North Korea 's Korean Central News Agency. MOSCOW: The Kremlin hailed ties with North Korea on Thursday ahead of a rumoured visit by President Vladimir Putin to Pyongyang, which the West says is supplying weapons for Moscow to use in Ukraine.
Moscow has for months promised Putin will reciprocate a visit to the reclusive state after hosting dictator Kim Jong Un in the Russian Far East in September."We have the right to develop good relations with our neighbours and this should not cause concern for anyone," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.North Korea was a"friendly country for us, with whom we are developing bilateral relations", Peskov said.
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