Putin, North Korea’s Kim in phone call ahead of Alaska summit

SEOUL: Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un have vowed to strengthen cooperation, days ahead of Putin’s summit in Alaska with Donald Trump, Pyongyang’s state media reported Wednesday. Putin and Kim spoke by phone in a “warm comradely atmosphere” on Tuesday and confirmed “their will to strengthen cooperation in the future,” the KCNA dispatch said.

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