The communist regime of North Korea confirmed on Monday that Russian strongman Vladimir Putin is expected to arrive in Pyongyang on Tuesday for a brief but intensive two-day stop.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) described Putin’s stop as a “state visit” and said Putin would be visiting after accepting an invitation from dictator Kim Jong-un. Kim invited Putin to his national capital during a visit to Vladivostok, eastern Russia, in September.
“Putin accepted the invitation with pleasure and reaffirmed his will to invariably carry forward the history and tradition of the Russia-DPRK [North Korea] friendship,” North Korean state media reported at the time. Top Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed at the time that Putin “accepted the invitation with gratitude” but offered no details on when the visit might occur.
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