"We welcome your efforts to develop an inter-Korean dialogue and normalize North Korea's relations with the United States," Putin told Kim. Last week, it tested a new weapon and demanded that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo be removed from the nuclear talks. North Korean leader Kim Jong-in attends a welcome ceremony as he arrives at the railway station in Vladivostok. "North Korea will not give up the only guarantee of the survival of the North Korean state and its regime," Trenin said. WATCH | North Korea vs. South Korea: Why has the peninsula been divided?

Source: CBC News April 25, 2019 03:22 UTC