Updated On: 13 September, 2023 10:25 AM IST | Moscow | AP
Hours earlier, North Korea fired two ballistic missiles toward the sea

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Pic/AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a cosmodrome in Russia`s Far East for a meeting that underscores how the two leaders` interests are aligning in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States.
After Kim arrived by limousine ` brought in his armored train from Pyongyang ` Putin shook hands with him and said he was `very glad to see` him. Russia state media quoted Kim as thanking Putin for the invitation to visit Russia, `despite being busy.`