Russian President Putin meets with North Korean foreign minister in latest high-level diplomacy - AP News
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- Vladimir Putin hosted North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui at the Kremlin, with the meeting confirmed by AP, Reuters, and the Russian presidential website.
- North Korea is paving the way for a possible Kim Jong Un trip to Moscow, per the South China Morning Post headline, suggesting the Choe Son-hui meeting may be prelude to a leaders' summit.
Why it matters: The Putin–Choe Son-hui meeting at the Kremlin, confirmed across AP, Reuters and the Russian presidency's own site, is framed as 'latest high-level diplomacy,' but South China Morning Post's headline explicitly links it to groundwork for a possible Kim Jong Un visit to Moscow — elevating the exchange from a routine FM visit to potential summit preparation between Russia and North Korea.
