North Korea does want to deal any more with US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and called for him to be replaced in nuclear talks.
between America and North Korea, and Thursday’s launch could be an attempt to show the North's disapproval with how the talks are deadlocked without causing them to collapse.
Although Moscow did not spell out the date or venue of the Putin-Kim meeting, the pro-Kremlin Izvestia newspaper cited a diplomatic source as saying the meeting between Russian leader and Mr Kim would likely take place next week in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok before Mr Putin leaves for a China summit later this month.
Moscow has been saying for months that it was working on a meeting between Mr Kim and the Russian leader.Meanwhile, Trump administration officials have floated the possibility of a third summit. But Mr Kim's planned meeting with Mr Putin could be seen as another snub for Mr Trump’s diplomatic efforts in North Korea.
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