Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks in North Korea’s capital on Thursday and signed a friendship and cooperation treaty as the key allies of Moscow draw closer amid their confrontations with the U.

Two key supporters of Russia's war in Ukraine close ranks as Alexander Lukashenko visits Pyongyang.

By Mark Trevelyan March 26 (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a friendship treaty on Thursday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and presented him with an automatic rifle at a summit between two of Russia's main allies in its war with Ukraine.

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says that a summit between her brother and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won’t happen if Japan sticks to “its anachronistic” approach.

The two leaders sign a new friendship treaty during Lukashenka's visit to Pyongyang, deepening their anti-Western alliance and backing Russia’s war in Ukraine. View on euronews

SEOUL, March 27 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko held a summit in Pyongyang on Thursday, where the two leaders signed a friendship treaty, North Korea's state media KCNA reported.

In his speech, Kim expressed pride in the country's rapid expansion of nuclear weapons and missiles in recent years, calling it the "right" choice.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko met in Pyongyang this week, in a summit Seoul assesses as part of efforts to stren