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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov his commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula “remains unchanged and consistent and fixed,” the official KCNA news agency reported on June 1.

At a meeting with Lavrov in Pyongyang on May 31, Kim said that he hoped U.S.-North Korean disputes and the denuclearization of the peninsula “will be solved on a stage-by-stage basis” and “that the solution of the issues will progress through effective and constructive dialogue and negotiation,” KCNA said.

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