North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong un invites Russian President Putin to visit North Korea
According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the 14th, Kim Jong un, General Secretary and State Councilor of the Workers' Party of Korea, held a historic meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Eastern Space Launch Site in Amur Oblast, Far East Russia on the 13th.
According to the report, accompanied by officials from both countries, Kim Jong un and Putin held talks. Both sides discussed deepening high-level exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in various fields, further consolidating friendly cooperative relations, and enhancing mutual trust. Both sides also had extensive and in-depth exchanges of views on important issues of common concern.
According to the Korean Central News Agency, after the plenary meeting, Kim Jong un and Putin held separate talks.
The report states that the leaders of North Korea and Russia discussed multiple major issues and current cooperation matters, including further close coordination and mutual support between the two countries in responding to military threats, and reached agreements and consensus.
At the invitation of Putin, Kim Jong un departed from the North Korean capital Pyongyang on a special train to visit Russia on the afternoon of the 10th and arrived in the Russian border city of Hassan on the morning of the 12th. According to the Korean Central News Agency, Kim Jong un and Putin visited the Eastern Space Launch Site together on the 13th. On the same day, Putin held a reception to welcome Kim Jong un and his delegation. Kim Jong un invited Putin to visit North Korea after the reception, and Putin accepted the invitation.
Previously, Russian President's press secretary Peskov stated on the 13th that the Russian Foreign Minister and North Korean Foreign Minister will hold a meeting in the near future, but Putin has no plans to visit North Korea at present.
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