North Korean leader will not visit Moscow in May - Kremlin


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  • Thursday, 30 Apr 2015

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not attend events in Moscow next week commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe, the Kremlin said on Thursday.

"He has decided to stay in Pyongyang," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call. "This decision is related to (North) Korea's internal affairs."

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