Finland warns Xi of 'provocation' by North Korea in Ukraine war

Finnish leader says Beijing-Pyongyang relationship 'is not very comfortable'

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Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the welcome ceremony for Finnish President Alexander Stubb in Beijing on Oct. 29. © Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) -- Finnish President Alexander Stubb said he told China's President Xi Jinping that North Korean activities with Russia were an escalation and provocation in a message on behalf of NATO and the EU during talks in Beijing on Tuesday.

Stubb and Xi met as North Korea's foreign minister arrived in Russia, with Western military alliance NATO and South Korea warning that Pyongyang's troops could soon be entering the Ukraine war on Moscow's side.

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