MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin will later Monday host North Korea’s top diplomat in the Kremlin, the Russian president’s spokesman said, as the two sides deepen military and political ties amid the war in Ukraine.
Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui earlier hailed the “spiritual closeness between Pyongyang and Moscow” in a meeting with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov during her visit to the Russian capital.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin would host Choe, but provided no details on what the pair would discuss.
The visit is the latest in a flurry of diplomatic exchanges between the two countries and comes just days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to advance military ties with Moscow.