Government officials from the two countries agreed to meet in Pyongyang in November. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Russia on Sunday after a rare six-day visit that appeared to solidify his country’s ties with President Vladimir Putin, fanning Western fears that Pyongyang could provide Moscow with weapons for its assault on Ukraine.
In comments broadcast on national television on Sunday, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia will pursue cooperation with North Korea despite UN sanctions.“We will be developing equal, fair interaction with the DPRK,” Lavrov said, using North Korea’s official name.the Pacific port city just over the border, Kim was presented with five explosive drones, a reconnaissance drone and a bulletproof vest as gifts from the governor of the Primorye region, which borders China and North Korea.
Russia and North Korea, historic allies, are both under rafts of global sanctions – Moscow for its Ukraine offensive, Pyongyang for its nuclear weapon tests. North Korean news agency KCNA later published pictures of a smiling Kim wearing a traditional Russian fur hat and raising a glass of vodka with Shoigu and their delegations.On Wednesday, Putin and Kim held talks at Russia’s new Vostochny cosmodrome, roughly 8,000 kilometres from Moscow.
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