KCNA did not specify whether the train had crossed the border.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has departed for Russia where he is expected to hold a highly anticipated meeting with President Vladimir Putin that has sparked Western concerns about a potential arms deal for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
State media photos showed Mr Kim walking past honour guards and crowds of civilians holding the national flag and flowers and waving his hand from his green-and-yellow armoured train before it left the station in Pyongyang. A brief statement on the Kremlin’s website on Monday said the visit is at Mr Putin’s invitation and would take place “in the coming days”.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Mr Putin and Mr Kim will lead their delegations in talks and could also meet “one-on-one if necessary.”
A possible venue is the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, where Mr Putin arrived on Monday to attend an international forum that runs through to Wednesday, according to Russia’s TASS news agency.
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