North Korean leader Kim reaffirms support for Russia in Ukraine conflict, KCNA says

North Korean person Kim Jong Un told Russia's apical diplomat his state was acceptable to "unconditionally support" each actions taken by Moscow to resoluteness the struggle successful Ukraine, authorities media reported connected Sunday, arsenic the 2 countries held high-level strategical talks.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is connected a three-day sojourn to North Korea, which has provided troops and arms for Russia's warfare with Ukraine and pledged much subject enactment arsenic Moscow tries to marque advances successful the conflict.

Kim met Lavrov successful the eastbound coastal metropolis of Wonsan wherever the 2 countries' overseas ministers held their 2nd strategical dialogue, pledging further practice nether a concern pact signed past twelvemonth that includes a communal defence pact.

Kim told Lavrov the steps taken by the allies successful effect to radically evolving planetary geopolitics volition lend greatly to securing bid and information astir the world, North Korea's authorities quality bureau KCNA reported.

"Kim Jong Un reaffirmed the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is acceptable to unconditionally enactment and promote each the measures taken by the Russian enactment arsenic regards the tackling of the basal origin of the Ukrainian crisis," KCNA said.

Lavrov earlier held talks with his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui successful Wonsan, and they issued a associated connection pledging enactment to safeguard the nationalist sovereignty and territorial integrity of each other's country, KCNA said.

On Saturday, Russian media reported Lavrov described the 2 countries' ties arsenic "an invincible warring brotherhood" successful his gathering with Kim and thanked him for the troops deployed to Russia.

Relations betwixt Russia and North Korea person deepened dramatically during the past 2 years of the warfare successful Ukraine, which started successful February 2022, with Pyongyang deploying much than 10,000 troops and arms to Russia to backmost Moscow's subject campaign.

Kim's authorities has pledged to nonstop astir 6,000 subject engineers and builders to assistance reconstruction enactment successful Russia's Kursk region.