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Kim Jong Un meeting Putin to seek protection from US sanctions

By Joel Gehrke
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Kim Jong Un meeting Putin to seek protection from US sanctions

North Korea wants to expand political and economic ties with Russia, dictator Kim Jong Un said on the eve of his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“I hope that during negotiations with President Putin, I will be able to discuss issues of the settlement on the Korean Peninsula and the development of our bilateral relations in detail,” Kim told Russian media in Vladivostok, a major port city in Russia’s far east.

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Kim Jong Un Mike Pompeo North Korea Russia Sanctions Vladimir Putin