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Talks Held between Foreign Ministers of DPRK and Russian Federation
Pyongyang, January 17 (KCNA) -- Talks were held between Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea who is heading the DPRK government delegation on an official visit to the Russian Federation, and Sergei Lavrov, foreign minister of the Russian Federation, on Tuesday.

Present there from the DPRK side were Vice Foreign Minister Im Chon Il and other members of the delegation, DPRK Ambassador to the Russian Federation Sin Hong Chol and from the Russian side Vice Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, officials of the Foreign Ministry and Russian Ambassador to the DPRK Alexandr Matsegora.

The talks discussed in detail the issue of developing the DPRK-Russia relations of friendship onto a higher stage on the basis of the agreements reached at the historic DPRK-Russia summit in September 2023 and the issues of strengthening the strategic and tactical cooperation between the foreign policy bodies of the two countries to actively promote the bilateral exchange and cooperation in all fields including the economy and culture this year marking the 75th anniversary of the conclusion of the DPRK-Russia agreement on economic and cultural cooperation.

Both sides also had an in-depth exchange of views on intensifying the joint action over the regional and international issues including the situation in the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia and reached a consensus of views.

The talks proceeded in a warm and comradely atmosphere.

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