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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Russia's foreign minister will visit North Korea amid claims of weapons supplied to Moscow

Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service

Russia's foreign minister will visit North Korea this week, the Foreign Ministry said Monday, days after the United States claimed Pyongyang had delivered munitions and military equipment to Russia for use in the fighting in Ukraine.

Sergey Lavrov will be in North Korea on Wednesday and Thursday, the ministry said in a brief statement that did not specify whom he would meet or the aims of the trip.

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