Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea on the 18th and 19th.
The Kremlin officially announced on the 17th that President Putin will make a state visit to North Korea for one night and two days starting on the 18th, at the invitation of North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un. This visit is a reciprocal visit following the Russia-North Korea summit held last September at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East, and it is Putin's first visit to North Korea in 24 years since July 19-20, 2000.
This will be the third time President Putin and Chairman Kim meet in person, including the Russia-North Korea summit in Vladivostok, Russia, in April 2019.
North Korea's Korean Central News Agency also announced President Putin's visit simultaneously with Russia.
After North Korea, President Putin is scheduled to make a state visit to Vietnam on the 19th and 20th.
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