East Asia
Top diplomat Choe Son Hui has flown to Moscow for talks with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on Sunday (Jul 19).
File photo of North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in Moscow on Jan 16, 2024. Sputnik/Artem Geodakyan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
19 Jul 2026 09:49AM
MOSCOW: North Korea’s top diplomat has flown to Moscow for talks with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, state media reported on Sunday (Jul 19).Choe Son Hui and her party departed Pyongyang for Russia aboard “her personal plane” on Jul 18, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported.Russia’s foreign ministry had earlier announced the visit by the envoy for its ally and staunch supporter of the war on Ukraine.The two countries signed a defence agreement when Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Pyongyang in 2024.
