Daily Memo: North Korea-Russia Ties, UAE Defense

Moscow and Pyongyang are planning their defense cooperation for the years ahead.

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Growing relationship. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met separately with Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov and State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin in Pyongyang on Sunday. Kim and Belousov discussed prospects for strengthening bilateral military cooperation, and Belousov said they were ready to sign a military cooperation plan for 2027-31. Secret support. Israel secretly sent […]

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