Photos: First Visit of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un to Russia

17:23, 11 September 2023
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.
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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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Chairman of the State Council of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Jong Un at the Vladivostok railway station.

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Kim Jong Un's limousine of the motorcade before the ceremony of laying flowers at the memorial "Submarine S-56" in Vladivostok.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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A Korean sword presented by Kim Jong Un to the Russian leader during an exchange of gifts.

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Putin and Kim Jong Un (left) after talks at the FEFU campus in Vladivostok on April 25, 2019.

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Russian president during the Russian-Korean talks on April 25, 2019 in a broad format with Kim Jong Un at the campus of the FEFU on Russky Island.

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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.

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Kim Jong Un at the Vladivostok railway station.

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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.

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Security personnel at the armored train car of the North Korean leader at the Vladivostok railway station.

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