Russian presidential security official Shoigu arrives in North Korea

17/6/2025 19:52

Sergei Shoigu, secretary of

Russia's Security Council, met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

for the second time in less than two weeks during a visit to

North Korea on Tuesday, Russian news agency Interfax reported.



Interfax quoted the Russian Security Council as saying that

negotiations between Kim and Shoigu, who until last year was

Russia's defence minister, had begun. It did not specify the

subject of their talks.



Shoigu previously visited Pyongyang and met Kim on March

21 and June 4 this year.



Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a

strategic partnership treaty last year, including a mutual

defence pact.