Foreign ministers of Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea meet in Moscow

Published at: 16/01/2024 10:38 AM

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, met this Tuesday with his counterpart from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), Choe Son-hui, whom he thanked for Pyongyang's support for the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.

“Without a doubt, we always support North Korea in the UN (United Nations Organization) and we highly appreciate its same position in support of the position of the Russian Federation, including on issues related to the special military operation that we are carrying out in Ukraine,” Lavrov said during the meeting.

The diplomats stressed that the meeting is aimed at promoting the implementation of the agreements reached last September during the meeting in the Russian Far East between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un.

Lavrov stressed that both countries are strengthening their cooperative relations within the framework of major international organizations and condemned the United States and its satellites for “creating threats to North Korea's security (...) We will continue to urge them to renounce any step that leads to an escalation of tension,” he said.

For her part, the Foreign Minister of the Asian country stressed that the fact that friendly relations between Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have become strategic is the merit of Putin and Kim, stressing that the North Korean leader's visit to Russia paved the way to “create a new milestone in the fight against military threats and provocations from unified imperialist forces”.

Mazo News Team