North Korea said the Russian president expressed a desire to visit the country in the near future in response to an invitation from leader Kim Jongun, the official KCNA news agency reported today.
Vladimir Putin communicated his intention to North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Sonhui during her visit to Russia between January 15 and 17, KCNA said.
Choe's visit to Moscow, which included meetings with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, came “at a time when relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries have finally been established.” Course of a new holistic development“, the state authority continued.
The North Korean regime has also guaranteed this Two nations “deepen strategic communication” and pledged to strengthen tactical cooperation “to defend their fundamental interests and create a new multipolarized international order based on independence and justice.”
Russia and North Korea commented Concern “about the negative influence of the USA and its allies”that “threaten the security environment on the Korean Peninsula.”
Including Pyongyang praised Russia's “important mission” to help maintain “strategic stability.” At the global level, Moscow showed “deep appreciation” for North Korea's “full and supportive” support of the special military operation in Ukraine, Moscow's euphemism referring to Russia's invasion of the neighboring country that began in February 2022.
Choe's visit came after new evidence emerged North Korea and Russia agreed on military cooperation during the September summit between Kim and Putin.
The White House accused Russia of doing this recently fired North Korean ballistic missiles against Ukraine, in addition to those already used in the December 30 and January 2 attacks. But Pyongyang and Moscow deny the arms transfer.
Experts said they believe so The North Korean regime received Russian technical assistance at the launch of the first military reconnaissance satellite last November.
South Korea estimates that the Number of containers with ballistic missiles, launchers and hundreds of thousands of artillery shells relocated since the summer North Korea to Russia already exceeds five thousand.