Special Envoy of the DPRK leader starts visit to Russia

Source : http://indian.ruvr.ru/news/2014_11_17/Special-Envoy-of-the-DPRK-leader-starts-visit-to-Russia-6122/

North Korean diplomats active again in the Russian direction. North Korea is the third time in a year send a senior representative in the Russian Federation. 

Begins a seven-day visit of a member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Secretary of the WPK Central Committee Choe Ryong Hae, arriving as a special envoy of leader Kim Jong-un. The chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam in February, visited Russia, and in October (after a four-year hiatus) - Foreign Minister Lee Soo-young visited Russia.

As reported in the Russian Foreign Ministry, during the visit of Choi Ryong Hae, "will discuss topical issues of bilateral relations, including increasing the level of political dialogue and ways to enhance trade and economic cooperation, the situation on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia." In addition, will be considered "some international issues of mutual interest." Choe Ryong Hae also visit Khabarovsk and Vladivostok.

Relations between Moscow and Pyongyang

Details of the North Korean government representatives stay was concretized by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov."There will be three sets of questions, as I understand it, - he said. - First it's nuclear program, more precisely, the prospects for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Secondly, it is the security of the North-East Asia in a broad context, there are many problems."

"Besides, it's bilateral relations between Moscow and Pyongyang, which have certain dynamics, as I understand, in recent times," - said Ryabkov. North Korea-Russia relations, especially trade and economic profile, acquired in recent months, a new dimension. Russia has written off debts of the DPRK in 2020 is planned to be at the level of turnover of 1 billion dollars. This figure may seem excessive at first glance, but the estimated cost of the projects of Russian companies in North Korea several times more.