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Irina Sheludkova

Belarus' Lukashenka gifts automatic rifle to North Korea's Kim

Belarusian President Aliaksandr Lukashenka gifted Kim Jong-un an automatic rifle during his maiden visit to Pyongyang, joking that the North Korean leader may need it "in case enemies appear", state media said Thursday.

The two leaders signed a "friendship and cooperation" treaty on the same day, cementing an alliance between two authoritarian regimes aligned against the West and supporting Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.

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