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Kim Jong-un to travel outside N. Korean borders for first time as leader

March 17, 2015
In this July 27, 2013 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves to spectators and participants of a mass military parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. The leader of North Korea is among 26 world leaders who have accepted invitations to Moscow to take part in celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union\'s victory over Nazi Germany, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday, March 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

In this July 27, 2013 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves to spectators and participants of a mass military parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. The leader of North Korea is among 26 world leaders who have accepted invitations to Moscow to take part in celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union\’s victory over Nazi Germany, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday, March 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

MOSCOW (AP) — The leader of North Korea is among 26 world leaders who have accepted invitations to Moscow to take part in celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday.

North Korea hasn’t officially commented. It would be Kim Jong-un’s first foreign trip since taking power three years ago.

The highlight of the May 9 celebrations will be a military parade on the Red Square overseen by President Vladimir Putin, an annual event that will be expanded this year to include 15,000 troops, cadets and Cossacks, according to Russia’s defense minister.

Several Western leaders have snubbed invitations to the military parade because of Russia’s role in the Ukraine conflict. But Lavrov said that some European leaders were still expected to come, including those from Slovakia, Norway, Greece and several Balkan nations.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is among those staying away from the parade, but she softened the snub by deciding to visit Moscow the next day for a separate ceremony with Putin. Lavrov said Merkel’s decision to come to Moscow has helped to wreck the “anti-Russian campaign.”

In addition to Kim, Lavrov said the leaders of China, Cuba, India, Mongolia, South Africa and Vietnam had confirmed their attendance.

2 Comments

  1. SoFinLoui

    March 18, 2015 at 10:27 AM

    Road trip for fat face pig boy. Hope he gets jacked and whacked!!!

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  2. Neo

    March 18, 2015 at 10:34 AM

    Everyone wants to know how big his platform shoes will be for the photo ops. I bet they are bigger than his wiener. Heard he did a porno named “Stubby”.

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