Putin, Kim forge friendship on hatred of ‘evil’ West

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But Putin was sounding optimistic in comments to state news media. He touted cooperation on highways, railways, port infrastructure and agricultural initiatives – and professed that even military cooperation was possible, despite UN Security Council sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program. “There are certain restrictions, Russia abides by those restrictions,” Putin said. “But there are things we, of course, can talk about. We are discussing and thinking about it. There is also promise here.” Intended or not, the summit delivered a pointed message to Washington, demonstrating that the West’s support for Ukraine would have consequences – in this...