The North Korean leader discussed strengthening ‘strategic and tactical co-ordination’ between the two countries, according to state media.
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, is greeted by Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu
The Korean Central News Agency said the talks with Sergei Shoigu took place during Mr Kim’s visit to Russia which has seen him visit some of Russia’s most advanced weapons systems, including nuclear-capable bombers and hypersonic missiles, and a key warship from the Pacific fleet. Russia’s RIA Novosti state news agency released a video of Mr Kim visiting the Far Eastern Federal University on Russky Island.
The governor of Russia’s Primorye region, which includes Vladivostok, said he plans to meet with Mr Kim on Sunday to discuss exchange programs for schoolchildren and other ways to cooperate in sports, tourism and culture.A day after visiting an aircraft plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Mr Kim was given a tour of an airport near Vladivostok containing warplanes which have seen active use in the war in Ukraine.
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