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The head of Russia's Security Council Sergei Shoigu met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday, just months after the Kremlin signed
a mutual defense agreement with Pyongyang.The visit also comes as Moscow seeks more arms for its war in Ukraine, and as the West accuses
Pyongyang of sending weapons to Russia.Russia's Security Council said Friday's meeting between Shoigu and Kim "took place in a uniquely
the two countries signed during President Vladimir Putin's visit to North Korea in June.The two countries have been allies since North
Korea's founding after World War II and have drawn even closer since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 isolated Putin on the global
stage.The United States and its allies have accused North Korea of providing ammunition and missiles to Russia for its war, and the mutual
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