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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dasha Litvinova

North Korea, Belarus leaders meet in Pyongyang, sign friendship treaty

North Korea Belarus - (Belarus' Presidential Press Service)

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks in North Korea’s capital on Thursday and signed a friendship and cooperation treaty.

Lukashenko, who was in Pyongyang on a two-day official visit, hailed the document as “fundamental,” and said that relations between the two countries are “entering a new stage,” according to his press service.

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