Relations between the Russian Federation and the DPRK over the past few years have reached an unprecedentedly high level. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, opening negotiations with the Foreign Minister of the DPRK Tsoi Song in Moscow.
He noted that relations between the two countries have reached such a high level, thanks to special attention from the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the chairman of the state affairs of the DPRK Kim Jong -un.
“The qualitatively new level of this relationship was adopted by the signing in Pyongyang during the historical meeting of our leaders of the Agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership. Partnership really is strategic, including from the point of view of the intensity of political dialogue,” Lavrov said.
According to him, “the Strategic Partnership Treaty laid out a strong foundation for further deepening relations in all areas of the bilateral agenda,” and is also designed to “play a stabilizing role in the North-Eastern Asian region and in a wider” “on the entire Eurasian continent.
“After the historical summit at the cosmodrome east in the fall of last year this year, another historical event took place – the state visit of President Putin to the Korean People’s Democratic Republic, during which a historical agreement on strategic partnership was signed between our countries. laid down in the contract. Agreements are already beginning to be carried out in practice for the benefit of the peoples of our countries, for the benefit of stability on the Korean peninsula, in North -Eastern Asia and on the Eurasian continent as a whole, ”the minister said.
Lavrov noted that the relations of the two countries are currently on the rise and continue to develop an accelerated pace, “first of all, with regard to the qualitative level of interaction.”
Earlier, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova said that the visit of Tsoi Song Ha takes place in accordance with the agreement reached during the Russian-Korean meeting in the highest level in June in Pyongyang.