Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea this weekend, the current in a series of prominent sees by leading Russian officials as the two nations deepen relations.Lavrov will visit the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea on July 11-13 for the 2nd round of tactical discussion at the level of foreign ministers, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova informed reporters on Wednesday.North Koreas officialKorean Central News Agency reported previously that Lavrov would check out at the invite of the DPRK Foreign Ministry.
Pyongyang has actually turned into one of Moscows crucial allies because the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, sending out thousands of soldiers and container loads of weapons to assist Russian forces oust Ukrainian forces from the southwestern Kursk region.Around 600 North Korean soldiers have actually been eliminated and thousands more wounded combating for Russia, according to authorities in Seoul.North Korea confirmed it had actually released soldiers to support Russias war in April, confessing that some of its soldiers had actually been eliminated in combat.Leader Kim Jong Un has actually consequently been shown in state media images next to the flag-draped caskets of North Korean soldiers killed while assisting Russia fight Ukraine.Russias security chief Sergei Shoigu has visited Pyongyang numerous times this year, including last month, when the 2 nations marked the 1 year anniversary of the signing of a mutual defense agreement.Shoigu revealed that the nuclear-armed North would send out builders and deminers to the Kursk area in the coming weeks.The frequency of visits by senior Russian authorities to North Korea is highly unusual, Lim Eul-chul, a teacher at Kyungnam University, told AFP.
At the center of these conversations may well be plans for Kims awaited see to Russia, he included.