Reference News Network, July 9 report: According to the website of Singapore's Straits Times on July 9, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov will visit North Korea starting from the 11th, which is also his first visit to North Korea in more than a year.
The report cited the Korean Central News Agency on the 9th, stating that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, invited by the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will visit North Korea from July 11 to 13. His last visit was in June last year when he accompanied Russian President Putin on a visit to North Korea.
The report stated that it is expected that Lavrov will hold talks with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui at that time.
The report cited AFP's analysis, pointing out that frequent visits by senior Russian officials to North Korea, including Russian Federal Security Council Secretary Shoigu who has visited North Korea multiple times this year, indicate that the two countries are further deepening their military cooperation.
The report stated that since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Pyongyang has become one of Moscow's main allies, sending soldiers and weapons to assist Russian forces in expelling Ukrainian troops from the western Russian Kursk region. Shoigu announced last month that North Korea will also send construction workers and demining personnel to Kursk.
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