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N. Korea's Kim Jong Un to visit Russia

11 Sep 2023 08:27pm
(FILES) Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un prior to their talks at the Far Eastern Federal University campus on Russky island in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on April 25, 2019. (Photo by Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP)
(FILES) Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un prior to their talks at the Far Eastern Federal University campus on Russky island in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on April 25, 2019. (Photo by Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP)

MOSCOW - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia in coming days at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Monday, reported Sputnik.

"At the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, chairman of State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Jong Un, will pay an official visit to the Russian Federation in the coming days," the Kremlin said in a statement. - BERNAMA-SPUTNIK

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