North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has voiced his full support for Putin and Moscow again in the war in Ukraine during talks with Russia’s top diplomat on Saturday.
Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, is on a three-day visit to North Korea, as the two countries continue to deepen their military and political ties.
Kim and Lavrov met on Saturday in ‘an atmosphere full of warm comradely trust’, North Korea’s official KCNA news agency reported.
Kim reaffirmed to Lavrov that North Korea was ‘ready to unconditionally support and encourage all the measures taken by the Russian leadership as regards the tackling of the root cause of the Ukrainian crisis’.
The Putin’s representative, Lavrov spoke to reporters at North Korea’s eastern city of Wonsan, where he met Kim and North Korea’s foreign minister Choe Son Hui, issuing a joint statement pledging support to safeguard the territorial integrity of each other’s countries.
Tourist Attraction in Moscow
A massive resort was opened in Wonson earlier this month.
Ahead of Lavrov’s visit, Russia announced that it would begin twice-a-week flights between Moscow and Pyongyang.
Lavrov lauded Wonsan as ‘a good tourist attraction’, adding: ‘We hope it will be popular not only with local citizens, but also with Russians.’
