Putin says 'Normalization of US-North Korea ties is vital for peace'
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a roundtable meeting on interregional cooperation between Russia and China following the Russian-Chinese talks on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 11, 2018. AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that it was vital for peace on the Korean
Peninsula that the United States and North Korea normalized their troubled relationship.
Putin was speaking at a news conference in the port city of Vladivostok after holding talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The White House said on Monday that U.S.
President Donald Trump had received a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un asking for a second meeting. (Reuters)