Sergey Lavrov’s visit is seen as setting the stage for a visit by President Vladimir Putin, who has stepped up co-operation with politically isolated North Korea
In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via their telegram channel, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov greet each other during a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 19.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, as the two countries forge closer ties in the face of what they see as a hostile and aggressive U.S.-led Western camp.
Speaking at a reception hosted by the North on Wednesday, Lavrov said Moscow strongly valued Pyongyang’s “unwavering and principled support” for Russia in the Ukraine war, which it calls a “special military operation”. The U.S. and South Korean navies on Thursday joined those of four other countries – Canada, Belgium, New Zealand and the Philippines – for an anti-naval mine exercise off South Korea’s south coast, the South Korean defence ministry said.
North Korean state media said Lavrov’s visit would mark a “significant occasion” in further consolidating relations between Pyongyang and Moscow. Russia’s TASS news agency said Lavrov might also brief North Korean leaders on the results of Putin’s visit this week to China. Separately, a North Korean cargo-passenger ferry that had carried foreign tourists from Japan or South Korea was seen at a drydock at the same port this month, most likely for maintenance, CSIS said.
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