North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has met with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in his first known meeting with a foreign dignitary since the Covid-19 pandemic. North Korean state media reported that Kim and Shoigu discussed matters of mutual concern related to defence and regional security. Reports further said that they viewed an exhibition of weapons including ballistic missiles. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that the meeting between the two men was an important occasion in further developing the strategic and traditional DPRK-Russia relations as required by the new century.
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00:00 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in
00:08 his first known meeting with a foreign dignitary since the COVID-19 pandemic.
00:13 North Korean state media reported that Kim and Shoigu discussed the matters of mutual
00:19 concern related to defence and regional security.
00:22 Reports further said that they viewed an exhibition of weapons, including ballistic missiles.
00:27 The official Korean Central News Agency, or KCNA, said that the meeting between the two
00:33 men was an important occasion in further developing the strategic and traditional DPRK-Russia
00:39 relations as required by the new century.
00:42 DPRK is an abbreviation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
00:47 Reports said that Kim Jong-un led Shoigu on a tour of a display of new weapons and military
00:52 equipment.
00:53 The pictures of the exhibition showed banned ballistic missiles, multi-axle transporter
00:58 launchers and what appeared to be a new drone.
01:01 The KCNA said that Shoigu also gave Kim Jong-un a letter from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
01:08 Reports said that Kim thanked Putin for sending a delegation led by Shoigu, who also held
01:12 talks with North Korean Defence Minister Kang Sun-nam.
01:15 Shoigu's trip to Pyongyang is the first known visit by a foreign dignitary in three years.
01:21 It comes as North Korea is marking the 70th anniversary of the armistice that ended hostilities
01:27 in the 1950-53 Korean War.
01:30 A Chinese delegation, including Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Li Hongzong, also visited
01:36 Pyongyang for the celebrations.
01:39 North Korean authorities are expected to hold a large military parade in the capital on
01:43 Thursday to mark the date of the end of the conflict, which saw China and the Soviet Union
01:48 support the North against the United States-backed South Korea.
01:52 Kim Jong-un is the third generation of his family to rule the secretive North.
01:57 In the past, he has used such events to display his regime's latest weaponry, including nuclear-capable
02:02 missiles.
02:03 Russia and China are among a handful of countries that maintain friendly relations with North
02:09 Korea.
02:15 (upbeat music)