North Korea`s top diplomat visited the Kremlin on Monday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which followed last month`s meeting between the countries` leaders. The show of deepening ties came as US President Donald Trump visits Asia. In a separate meeting with her Russian counterpart, North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui confirmed North Korea`s `unwavering understanding and support` for Putin`s war against Ukraine, North Korean state media said on Tuesday.

North Korea in recent months has sent thousands of troops and large quantities of military equipment to Russia to support its war effort, a growing alignment that has fueled leader Kim Jong Un`s increasingly assertive foreign policy as he seeks to break out of isolation and position his country as part of a united front against the US-led West. North Korea has shunned any form of talks with Washington and Seoul since Kim`s high-stakes nuclear diplomacy with Trump fell apart in 2019 during the American president`s first term.