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In a rare show of unity with other international leaders, Kim has joined the likes of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Britain’s Theresa May in vowing not to follow the US’s decision on Jerusalem, which has sparked a series of conflicts in Gaza and the West Bank.

Citing a spokesperson of the North's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, North Korea’s state-run media outlet KCNA reported that Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem - which it referred to as Kuds, based on its Arabic name - as the new Israeli capital deserves an international outcry.

KCNA reported: "The decision by US President Trump to recognise Kuds as the capital of Israel and to move the US embassy there well deserves a global condemnation and rejection as it is an open defiance of and an insult to the international legitimacy and to a unanimous will of the international society.”

North Korea said Trump’s decision shows “the true colours of the US” and isn’t surprising given the President’s policy history since coming to power.

The hermit state sees Trump's tough stance on North Korea as evidence of his disdain for other countries.