Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to host North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in Russia, following President Trump’s summit with the reclusive tyrant.

Putin delivered the message to a senior North Korean diplomat in Moscow, the latest development in a series of exchanges between Russia and the Kim regime. Both Russia and China officially oppose North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, but they have an interest in resolving the crisis in a way diminishes the U.S. military presence in the region.

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