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Kim Jong Un meets with Lavrov in Pyongyang

Published May 31, 2018 at 11:27 am

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) speaks as South Korea's President Moon Jae-in (R) listens to during the official dinner at the end of their historic summit at the truce village of Panmunjom on April 27, 2018.The leaders of the two Koreas held a landmark summit on April 27 after a highly symbolic handshake over the Military Demarcation Line that divides their countries, with the North's Kim Jong Un declaring they were at the "threshold of a new history". / AFP PHOTO / Korea Summit Press Pool / Korea Summit Press Pool

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Pyongyang, a source in the Russian delegation told Interfax.

“North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong Un has received Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov paying an official visit to Pyongyang,” the source said.

Earlier in the day, Lavrov held negotiations with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho.