2023-09-13 00:47:10
North Korean media officially announced that North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un arrived in the Russian border city of Khasan in the early morning of the 12th. The Korean Central News Agency reported on the 13th that the private train on which Chairman Kim was on an official visit to Russia entered the Khasan Station premises at 6 o’clock the previous day, local time, “to advance the friendly and cooperative relationship between North Korea and Russia to a new height.” . /yunhap news
North Korean media officially announced that North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un arrived in the Russian border city of Khasan in the early morning of the 12th.
The Korean Central News Agency reported on the 13th that the private train on which Chairman Kim was on an official visit to Russia entered the premises of Khasan Station at 6 a.m. on the 12th, local time, “in order to elevate and develop the friendly and cooperative relationship between North Korea and Russia to a new height.” reported.
Senior officials from central and regional Russia, including Minister of Natural Resources Alexander Kozlov and Primorsky Krai Governor Oleg Kozemyako, came to welcome the event.
At Hasan Station, the Russian Army, Navy and Air Force Honor Guard and military band lined up, followed by a ceremony to welcome Chairman Kim’s visit to Russia.
In a friendly chat with his Russian counterpart held in the reception room of the station, Chairman Kim said, “I am pleased to visit Russia (Russia) again in four years following 2019,” and added, “This is my first overseas visit since the global public health crisis. “The fact that we are on the road to DPRK-ROK relations is a clear expression of our party and government’s position on the strategic importance of the DPRK-ROK relationship,” he said.
Chairman Kim held his first summit meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok in April 2019.
Russian central and local executives said that President Putin had personally dispatched them to welcome Chairman Kim.
The news agency added that Chairman Kim received a gift from Minister Kozlov, received a farewell from Russian officials, and departed for the ‘visit destination’.
Although the media did not disclose the specific location of this visit, the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur Oblast of the Russian Far East is becoming a likely location for the meeting with President Putin.
Meanwhile, looking at the photo published by the news agency, it was found that Chairman Kim Jong-un’s delegation to Russia also included Minister of National Defense Kang Sun-nam. The entourage included many powerful military figures, including Vice Chairman Ri Pyong-cheol of the Party’s Central Military Commission and Park Jeong-cheon, Director of the Party’s Military Government Guidance Department.
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