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Putin in North Korea for talks with Kim
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un have signed a strategic partnership treaty during the Russian leader's first visit to North Korea in more than two decades.
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un have hailed closer relations between Russia and North Korea on a day of choreographed events in Pyongyang. The two leaders stood beneath huge portraits of themselves as they watched a military parade. Mr Kim said he unconditionally supported Russia's military action in Ukraine.
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(Photo credit: KCNA)
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