Making his first visit to the reclusive country since 2000, the Russian president flew to Pyongyang yesterday evening to be greeted by huge welcome banners and Russian flags.
Putin is scheduled to meet Kim today, when they will sign agreements designed to deepen a relationship that has strengthened significantly since Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Kim, who met Putin in Vladivostok during a week-long visit to Russia last September, is one of the few world leaders to have voiced unequivocal support for the war, while Putin has described the pair as "comrades-inarms" against western attempts to isolate them through sanctions.
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