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Putin says ‘everything going to plan’ with North Korea

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Published: 27 October ,2025: 02:30 PM GST Updated: 27 October ,2025: 05:33 PM GST

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday asked North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui to tell Kim Jong Un that “everything was going to plan” in relations.

Putin met Kim’s foreign minister in the Kremlin.

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Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last year inked a mutual defense pact, while Pyongyang dispatched thousands of troops to help Moscow’s army fight off Ukrainian troops in the western Kursk region.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin would host Choe, but provided no details on what the pair would discuss.

The visit is the latest in a flurry of diplomatic exchanges between the two countries and comes just days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to advance military ties with Moscow.

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