North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to do “everything possible to assist” Russia, after his meeting with its leader, Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday on the sidelines of a military parade in Beijing that showed deepening ties among America’s adversaries.

Kim, who has been one of Russia’s most visible backers in its war against Ukraine, pledged his full support to Putin in a warm exchange, saying he considered it his “fraternal obligation” to help Moscow, while Putin praised the heroism of North Korean soldiers who helped repel Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.

The pair last met when the Russian leader visited Pyongyang last summer – his first visit to the country in 24 years – where the two nations signed a historic mutual defense treaty.

It was the first time the reclusi

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