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MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered condolences to North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un over devastating floods that caused untold casualties and damaged thousands of homes, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
“I ask you to convey words of sympathy and support to all those who lost their loved ones as a result of the storm,” Putin said in a telegram to Kim.“The message of sympathy from Moscow was conveyed to the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK” on Saturday, said the official KCNA, noting it was immediately reported to leader Kim.
Pyongyang said on Wednesday that officials who neglected their disaster prevention duties had caused unspecified casualties, without providing details on the location. Media in South Korea, which has offered urgent support to the victims, said this week the toll of dead and missing could be as high as 1,500.
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