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North Korean leader Kim leaves Vladivostok following summit with Putin

By Yonhap News Agency
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo by KCNA/UPI
1 of 6 | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo by KCNA/UPI | License Photo

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, April 26 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Russia's Far East city of Vladivostok on Friday, a day after his much-anticipated summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Following a farewell ceremony, Kim's special train pulled out of the Vladivostok railway station.

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It remains unknown where it is headed or whether it will make a stopover, but he is expected to return to Pyongyang.

Kim was expected to leave the Pacific port city late at night after a city tour, but he appears to have truncated his tour schedule.

Before boarding the train, he visited a memorial monument for Russia's unknown soldiers to lay a wreath.

On Thursday, Kim held his much-anticipated summit with Putin, during which he stressed his "unwavering" resolve to deepen Pyongyang-Moscow ties, with his Russian counterpart calling for a peaceful resolution of the North's nuclear quandary.

Flanked by top party, military and state officials, Kim began his three-day visit to Russia, the first one since he took power in late 2011, on Wednesday.

The trip came amid his push to break a logjam in a denuclearization parley with the United States, ease sanctions pressure and catalyze his drive for economic development.

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