VLADIVOSTOK: Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Thursday for the start of their first-ever talks. Kim and Putin shook hands as they began the meeting in Russia’s Far Eastern port city of Vladivostok. Putin was due to arrive in Vladivostok on Thursday, then fly on after the talks for another summit in Beijing. Island venueRussian and North Korean flags were flying on lamp posts on Vladivostok’s Russky island, where the summit is expected to take place at a university campus. Soon after his first election as Russian president, Putin sought to normalise relations and met Kim Jong Il — the current leader’s father and predecessor — three times.

Source: Pakistan Today April 25, 2019 05:01 UTC