Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Thursday (May 31). Lavrov made the visit to Pyongyang to press the flesh with Kim and reportedly passed on the best wishes of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Russian media and the Russian Foreign Ministry. Reports from Russia's IFAX news agency say Lavrov invited Kim to a meeting in Moscow. The North Korean leader was also told that Russia supports peace and progress on the Korean peninsula and would highly value a declaration signed by Pyongyang and Seoul.

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