Ri Chol-man, a technocrat with many years of experience in the agricultural sector, leads the delegation that departed on Saturday from North Korea, which is facing a chronic food crisis. The Russian ambassador to Pyongyang wrote in a Facebook post that Ri’s meeting schedule “is very busy.”
A North Korean delegation led by the head of the powerful Workers’ Party’s Agriculture Committee is visiting Russia, the KCNA news agency reported today.
Ri Chol-man, a technocrat with many years of experience in the agricultural sector, leads the delegation that departed on Saturday from North Korea, which is facing a chronic food crisis. The Russian ambassador to Pyongyang wrote in a Facebook post that Ri’s meeting schedule “is very busy.”
Ties between Moscow and Pyongyang have strengthened significantly since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s visit to the Russian Far East, where he held talks in September with Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin.
Referring last December to his policy priorities, Kim Jong Un had referred at length to the need to boost agricultural production, calling for the modernization of irrigation systems and agricultural machinery.
North Korea has faced food shortages for years, in part because of UN sanctions over its weapons programs. The situation has been aggravated by natural disasters.
US and South Korean officials do not hide their concern that at the heart of the Moscow-Pyongyang rapprochement is military cooperation. They have accused North Korea of ​​supplying Russia with military hardware intended for the war in Ukraine in order to secure Russian know-how to develop its arsenal.
Source :Skai
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