North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Beijing, where China's "National Victory Day" is taking place. This was reported by the North Korean news agency KCNA, according to which Putin praised the soldiers from Pyongyang who fought in the Kursk region against Ukraine. Kim thanked him and said that North Korea would continue to support Russia. The two reaffirmed the continuation of close relations between their countries, and according to the report, "exchanged their candid views on key regional and international issues."