North Korean Leader Kim Aims To Foster Strategic Relations With Russia - Ambassador

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 12th October, 2018) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has expressed willingness to develop strategic relations with Russia at meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and upper house speaker Valentina Matviyenko, North Korea's Ambassador to Moscow Kim Hyung Jun said Thursday.

"Dear Comrade Kim Jong Un welcomed Mrs. Matviyenko, the chairwoman of the Federation Council, and Mr.

Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, who have visited our country. And at the meetings with them, he expressed his position and willingness to constructively and consistently develop our friendship, which is traditional and strategic," Kim said at the opening ceremony of the Days of Korean Cinema in Moscow.

Bilateral relations have noticeably grown over the recent years due to efforts made by the North Korean leader and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the ambassador noted.