MOSCOW, June 17 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a friendly state visit to North Korea from Tuesday to Wednesday, the Kremlin press service said Monday, reported Xinhua.
After North Korea, Putin will visit Vietnam from Wednesday to Thursday, it said.
North Korea's top leader Kim Jong Un paid an official visit to Russia at the invitation of Putin in September 2023 and then invited Putin to pay a return visit.
Russia was the first country visited by Kim since the COVID-19 pandemic, during which the borders of North Korea were closed.
Putin's only previous visit to Pyongyang was in July 2000, two months after his presidential inauguration.
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