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North Korea recognized Crimea as Russian
The Russian embassy in North Korea said that North Korea considers Crimea "an integral part of the Russian Federation."
“The North Korean publishing house Scientific Encyclopedia has released a new political Atlas of the World. The Crimean peninsula is painted in Russian colors. As the DPRK Foreign Ministry explained to us, the Republic respects the results of the referendum held in Crimea on the entry of the peninsula into the Russian Federation, considers its results legitimate and fully in line with international legal norms, ”the Russian Embassy in the DPRK said in a statement .
Similarly, in Pyongyang, they treat the issue of belonging to the Kuril Islands, the embassy notes.
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