Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, is visiting North Korea this week for the first time in 24 years, marking a significant deepening of relations between Moscow and Pyongyang. This visit underscores the burgeoning partnership between the two nuclear-armed states, particularly in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who has referred to their relationship as an “unbreakable relationship of comrades-in-arms,” extended the invitation during his visit to Russia’s Far East last September.
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