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Korea Herald
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Korea Herald
Ruling parties of N. Korea, Russia agree to expand cooperation: KCNA
A high-ranking official from North Korea's ruling Workers' Party has held talks with the secretary general of Russia's ruling United Russia party and signed a protocol to expand cooperation between their parties, the North's state media reported Thursday. Ri Hi-yong, a member of the Workers' Party of Korea's Central Committee Politburo, and Vladimir Yakushev, the secretary general of the Russian party, held talks Tuesday in Moscow, the Korean Central News Agency said. They discussed measures to expand party-to-party exchanges to a level befitting the comprehensive strategic partnership between their countries, as well as ways to increase common action, according to the report. Following the talks, the two parties signed a protocol on "expanding cooperation in various sectors and deepening development" for the 2025-2027 period, the KCNA said. Ri arrived in Moscow on Monday, leading a delegation from his party, at the invitation of Russia's ruling party, the KCNA earlier reported. Since forging a mutual defense treaty last year, Pyongyang and Moscow have strengthened bilateral cooperation in defense, economy, sports and various other fields. (Yonhap)
Korea Herald
25-02-2025
- Politics
- Korea Herald
N. Korean party delegation visits Moscow: KCNA
A high-ranking delegation from North Korea's Workers' Party has arrived in Moscow for a visit at the invitation of Russia's ruling party, state media reported Tuesday. The delegation, led by Ri Hi-yong, a member of the party's Central Committee Politburo, landed in Moscow the previous day at the invitation of Russia's United Russia Party, the Korean Central News Agency said. Andrey Klimov, a member of the presidium of the Russian party's Supreme Committee and deputy head of the party's foreign activities committee, along with other members of the party's leadership, greeted the delegation upon their arrival at an airport, the KCNA said without further information. The visit came as the United States has begun negotiations to end Russia's war against Ukraine, for which North Korea dispatched thousands of troops to the Russian side. Since forging a mutual defense treaty last year, Pyongyang and Moscow have strengthened bilateral cooperation in defense, economy, sports and various other fields. (Yonhap)
