Photos: First Visit of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un to Russia
Photos: First Visit of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un to Russia
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At the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to conduct his second visit to Russia, the Kremlin said on Monday... 11.09.2023, Sputnik Africa
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will pay an official visit to Russia in the coming days and talks between the delegations of the two states are planned, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik, adding that if necessary, Putin and Kim Jong Un will hold a tete-a-tete meeting.In late July, a Russian military delegation led by Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu visited North Korea on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. During this visit, Kim Jong Un and Shoigu discussed security and defense issues. Furthermore, Shoigu handed the North Korean leader a message from Putin.As for Kim Jong Un's previous visit to Russia, he met with Putin in late April 2019 in the Russian city of Vladivostok. This was the first meeting of the heads of state, and the leaders held talks both one-on-one and with the participation of delegations.Take a look at Sputnik Africa's photo gallery regarding the 2019 meeting.
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Photos: First Visit of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un to Russia
At the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to conduct his second visit to Russia, the Kremlin said on Monday. On the eve of this event, Sputnik Africa offers to take a look at how the first 2019 meeting of the two leaders in Russia took place.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will pay an official visit to Russia in the coming days and talks between the delegations of the two states are planned, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik, adding that if necessary, Putin and Kim Jong Un will hold a tete-a-tete meeting.
In late July, a Russian military delegation led by Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu visited North Korea on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. During this visit, Kim Jong Un and Shoigu discussed security and defense issues. Furthermore, Shoigu handed the North Korean leader a message from Putin.
As for Kim Jong Un's previous visit to Russia, he met with Putin in late April 2019 in the Russian city of Vladivostok. This was the first meeting of the heads of state, and the leaders held talks both one-on-one and with the participation of delegations.
Take a look at Sputnik Africa's photo gallery regarding the 2019 meeting.
Putin and Kim Jong Un during an official meeting ceremony at the site in front of the main entrance of one of the buildings of the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) on Russky Island on April 25, 2019.
A saber and a traveling tea set presented by Putin to Korea Kim Jong Un during an exchange of gifts at an official reception after talks at the FEFU campus in Vladivostok.
Artists perform a choreographic number "Korean Dance with fans" at an official reception on behalf of Putin in honor of the North Korean leader at the FEFU campus in Vladivostok.
The North Korean leader and Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Alexander Kozlov (left) during the departure ceremony at the Vladivostok railway station.
The chairman of the State Council of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the ceremony of laying flowers at the memorial "Submarine S-56" in Vladivostok.
![Kim Jong Un's limousine of the motorcade before the ceremony of laying flowers at the memorial "Submarine S-56" in Vladivostok. - Sputnik Africa](https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.africa/img/07e7/09/0b/1062031516_0:0:3072:2048_600x0_80_0_1_b635e177c5dbc16967b456ce05c11e6a.jpg "Kim Jong Un's limousine of the motorcade before the ceremony of laying flowers at the memorial "Submarine S-56" in Vladivostok.")
![Artists perform a choreographic number "Korean Dance with fans" at an official reception on behalf of Putin in honor of the North Korean leader at the FEFU campus in Vladivostok. - Sputnik Africa](https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.africa/img/07e7/09/0b/1062031909_0:0:3072:2048_600x0_80_0_1_b6bf3ef312afc24f0b5e6fb06fb8591f.jpg "Artists perform a choreographic number "Korean Dance with fans" at an official reception on behalf of Putin in honor of the North Korean leader at the FEFU campus in Vladivostok.")
![The chairman of the State Council of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the ceremony of laying flowers at the memorial "Submarine S-56" in Vladivostok. - Sputnik Africa](https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.africa/img/07e7/09/0b/1062033085_0:0:2637:2047_600x0_80_0_1_5b53eac4c73078813d9641eb731ded4c.jpg "The chairman of the State Council of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the ceremony of laying flowers at the memorial "Submarine S-56" in Vladivostok.")
