North Korea state media is reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his meeting with Kim Jong Un, has accepted an invite to travel to North Korea.
is claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted"with pleasure" an invite from Kim Jong Un to visit his country.
The invitation reportedly was offered by the North Korean dictator as the two met at the Vostochny Cosmodrome space launch facility in Russia’s far east on Wednesday. to visit the DPRK at a convenient time," the Korean Central News Agency announced Thursday, according to the website KCNA Watch. "Putin accepted the invitation with pleasure and reaffirmed his will to invariably carry forward the history and tradition of the Russia-DPRK friendship," it added. In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands before their talk at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region of Russia on Wednesday, Sept. 13.
"The historic meeting and talks between Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin serve as an epoch-making event that put the traditional and strategic DPRK-Russia friendship, cooperation and good neighborly relations on a new higher level and powerfully encouraged the just struggle for accomplishing the cause of independence against imperialism," it also reported, according to KNCA Watch.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, fourth left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, fourth right, toast after their talk at the Vostochny cosmodrome.
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