{"id":249,"date":"2025-10-27T16:31:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=249"},"modified":"2025-10-27T16:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T16:31:53","slug":"putin-meets-top-north-korean-diplomat-says-ties-developing-as-planned-vladimir-putin-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=249","title":{"rendered":"Putin meets top North Korean diplomat, says ties developing as planned | Vladimir Putin News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>North Korea\u2019s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui praised the \u2018spiritual closeness\u2019 between the two states.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 27 Oct 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">27 Oct 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin has met North Korea\u2019s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in the latest high-level engagement between the two countries, which have strengthened ties during the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<p>Footage released by Russian state news agencies showed Putin greeting Choe in the Kremlin on Monday. Russia\u2019s top diplomat Sergey Lavrov also appeared at the meeting.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Putin said the countries\u2019 \u201crelations and development prospects\u201d are progressing \u201caccording to plan\u201d, and extended regards to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to Russia\u2019s Sputnik news agency. Choe, in turn, passed on \u201cwarm wishes\u201d from Kim, having earlier praised the \u201cspiritual closeness\u201d of the two nations\u2019 relationship in talks with Lavrov.<\/p>\n<p>Russia and North Korea, both under extensive Western sanctions, have significantly bolstered ties in recent years, including signing a 2024 defence pact committing each country to provide military support to the other in the event of \u201caggression\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, North Korea has sent around 10,000 troops to join Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine, at least 600 of whom have died in combat, according to estimates from Seoul and Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>Pyongyang first acknowledged its soldiers\u2019 involvement in the war in April, saying they helped Russia retake its strategic Kursk region after a Ukrainian counteroffensive.<\/p>\n<p>Several days ago, Kim held a ceremony marking the opening of a museum in Pyongyang to honour the North Korean troops killed in the conflict. He said their deployment \u201cmarked the beginning of a new history of militant solidarity\u201d with Russia, with which there is an \u201cinvincible\u201d alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Putin last met Kim in person on September 3 in Beijing, where the leaders held official talks after attending a military parade hosted by China\u2019s President\u00a0 Xi Jinping. At the time, Putin praised North Korean soldiers for fighting \u201ccourageously and heroically\u201d in the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to note that we will never forget the sacrifices that your armed forces and the families of your servicemen have suffered,\u201d Putin said.<\/p>\n<p>The deepening Russia-North Korea relationship has drawn concern from the United States, which says there is evidence that Russia is increasing technology support for North Korea, including in space and satellite programmes. After Putin and Kim\u2019s September meeting, US President Donald Trump claimed they were conspiring against the US \u2013 a statement dismissed by the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea\u2019s Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui praised the \u2018spiritual closeness\u2019 between the two states. 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