▲ This photo, taken on April 23, 2024, shows U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaking during a press briefing at the State Department in Washington. (Yonhap)

Blinken-Putin-NK visit

Blinken vows to do 'everything' to cut off N.K. support for Russia ahead of Kim-Putin summit

By Song Sang-ho

WASHINGTON, June 18 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged Tuesday to do "everything" to cut off North Korea's support for Russia amid the war in Ukraine, as Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang this week.

Blinken made the remarks as Putin and Kim are scheduled to hold a summit in the North Korean capital on Wednesday (Korea time) amid growing concerns about security implications of their countries' deepening military cooperation.

"We'll continue to do everything we can to cut off the support that countries, like Iran and North Korea, are providing," Blinken said during a press conference after his meeting with North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Washington.

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