Vladimir Putin greeted North Korea's foreign minister with an unusually prolonged handshake during their meeting in Moscow on Monday, 4 November. The Russian president, 72, met Choe Son Hui as part of her official visit to the country.
State television captured the pair greeting each other, but details of their discussions were not disclosed. Choe began her visit with talks with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov last Friday.
The meeting comes shortly after the Pentagon announced that North Korea has deployed approximately 10,000 troops to Russia to support its war efforts in Ukraine within the coming weeks.
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