Putin, Kim meeting planned

Moscow - A leading Russian diplomat met North Korea's ambassador yesterday to help arrange a meeting between President Putin …

Moscow - A leading Russian diplomat met North Korea's ambassador yesterday to help arrange a meeting between President Putin and the North Korean leader, Mr Kim Jong-il, the Foreign Ministry said.

Earlier yesterday a Kremlin official denied media reports that a date for talks between the two leaders had already been fixed.

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