SEOUL, April 26. /TASS/. The Moscow Zoo will donate animals to North Korea’s Central Zoo as part of its official visit to the country, the Korean Central News Agency reported.

According to it, the head of the Russian delegation handed over the relevant document on the gift on April 25. According to the Russian embassy in Pyongyang, the Moscow Zoo donated "more than 40 animals, including eagles, fruitbats, pheasants, grus, parrots, pythons and many others." "In the course of the rich program the guests of the capital got acquainted with the work of Korean colleagues and exchanged experience," the diplomats said. Moscow and Pyongyang zoos signed a memorandum on cooperation.

Earlier, it was reported that a delegation from the Moscow Zoo headed by its head Svetlana Akulova arrived in Pyongyang on April 22. Russian diplomats noted that the visit ended on April 26.

Bilateral exchanges between Russia and North Korea have intensified since the second half of 2023. In September, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Russia. His talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin took place at the Vostochny spaceport on September 13.

In March, Pyongyang residents gave a standing ovation to a performance of The Sleeping Beauty by the Mariinsky Theatre's Primorsky Branch Ballet Company. That month, a delegation led by Primorsky Region Governor Oleg Kozhemyako arrived in the country to contribute to the development of interstate relations in the humanitarian sphere.