The Russian leader expressed appreciation for North Korea’s help in Ukraine’s Kursk region
President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and updated him on planned talks the Russian leader will hold with US President Donald Trump in Alaska this week, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
North Korea’s state news agency KCNA later reported the two leaders’ call without mentioning the meeting scheduled on Friday between Putin and Trump.
Putin and Kim spoke by phone in a “warm comradely atmosphere” and confirmed “their will to strengthen cooperation in the future”, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
The leaders discussed the development in the countries’ ties under a strategic partnership agreement signed last year “confirming their will to strengthen cooperation in the future”, KCNA said.
