July 12, 2025
Russian Foreign Minister meets Kim Jong Un in North Korea
Russian External Affairs Minister Sergei Lavarov has reached North Korea to hold talks.
According to Russia’s Foreign Ministry, he met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the port city of the port city, where Lavarov described the relationship between the two nations as “from the brotherhood of the invincible fight”.
The Russian Minister said the visit with Kim represented the continuity of “strategic dialogue” inaugurating the inaugural “strategic dialogue” inaugurated by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea last year.
Lavrov, who thanked Korea for singing soldiers for fighting in the war of war of Russia against Ukraine, ie allegedly Kim passed a message from Putin, who expressed direct contacts in the future.
The minister, who traveled in Malaysia from the ASEAN Summit of this week, is living in North Korea till Sunday.
Lavarov will then visit China, where he will attend a meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) – Belarus in Economic and Security Alliance, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan meet Monte and on Tuesday.
North Korea has become one of the closest colleagues of Russia, wishes for war in Ukraine.
Beyond demanding assistance of each other with trade and tourism projects, there are two rapidly accepted countries and North Korea has sent over 10,000 soldiers to fight in Ukraine.
South Korean intelligence has said that Pyongyang may prepare to send more in the coming weeks.