MOSCOW — North Korea’s top diplomat visited the Kremlin on Monday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which followed last month’s meeting between the countries’ leaders. The show of deepening ties came as U.S. President Donald Trump visits Asia.

In a separate meeting with her Russian counterpart, North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui confirmed North Korea’s “unwavering understanding and support” for Putin’s war against Ukraine, North Korean state media said Tuesday.

North Korea in recent months has sent thousands of troops and large quantities of military equipment to Russia to support its war effort, a growing alignment that has fueled leader Kim Jong Un’s increasingly assertive foreign policy as he seeks to break out of isolation and position his country as part of a

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