No slouching, the time to wait is over…
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Lavrov and Choi Song Hui
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🇷🇺🇰🇵 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held negotiations with the DPRK Foreign Minister Choi Song Hui…
📍 Pyongyang, October 19
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🇷🇺🇰🇵 Signing ceremony of the Inter-MFA Exchange Plan
📍 Pyongyang, October 19
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🎙 Opening remarks by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V. Lavrov during negotiations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Choi Song Hee
📍 Pyongyang, October 19, 2023
💬 Exactly a week ago we celebrated the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries.
75 years ago, the Soviet Union, which played a key role in the liberation of Korea from Japanese colonial rule, was the first to recognize the young Korean state, and then assisted it in the development of the national economy, science, culture, and education.
We will always remember the invaluable contribution that Comrade Kim Il Sung and then Comrade Kim Jong Il made to the development of our relations.
🤝 Now, after the historic summit between Russian President V.V. Putin and Chairman of State Affairs Kim Jong-un at the Vostochny Cosmodrome on September 13, we can say with confidence that these relations have reached a qualitatively new, strategic level.
Our task now is to achieve full implementation of all agreements reached at the Vostochny Cosmodrome. We are making this visit in order to begin this work “without rocking.”
I am confident that our negotiations will be substantive and useful.
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Get it done and into the future we go…
WtR