A North Korean delegation led by one of Kim Jong Un's closest allies has arrived in Moscow.
Jo Yong Won, a member of the ruling party's presidency and secretary of its central committee, came at the invitation of Dmitry Medvedev. The delegation was welcomed by Russian Duma legislator Andrey Klimov and the North Korean ambassador.
The purpose of the visit was not officially disclosed. But Moscow and Pyongyang have been bound by a mutual military assistance treaty since 2024, and after the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia's Kursk region and the supply of North Korean shells, such visits are rarely just friendly exchanges.
Especially a few days before Putin's meeting with Trump and Xi Jinping.