Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday (October 27, 2025) that his country's ties with North Korea were developing "as planned", as he hosted North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in the Kremlin.

Ms. Choe passed on "warm wishes" from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after she had earlier hailed the "spiritual closeness" between Moscow and Pyongyang during a meeting with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.