Kim Jong Un returns to Pyongyang after visit to Russia — radio

World September 20, 2023, 1:05

Kim’s special train arrived in Pyongyang on the evening of September 19

TOKYO, September 20. /TASS/. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un returned to Pyongyang after completing his visit to Russia that will "become a bright page" in the history of bilateral relations, the Voice of Korea radio said.

Kim’s special train arrived in Pyongyang on the evening of September 19. At the railway station, he was greeted by members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Kim Tok Hun, Jo Yong Won and Choe Ryong Hae, as well as by other senior officials of the party, the government and the military.

During his visit to Russia, the North Korean leader conducted "the immortal external revolutionary activities, to be recorded forever in the history of development of the DPRK-Russia friendship."

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Russia on September 12-17. During his trip, he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Spaceport and visited a number of facilities in Russia’s Far East.

In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, he visited the production site for Su-35 and Su-57 aircraft and familiarized himself with the Superjet -100 (SJ 100) project. Later, Russia’s defense chief Sergey Shoigu showed Kim the country’s latest warplanes and the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system, including the MiG-31I missile carrier. While in Vladivostok, Kim also inspected the Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate, attended a performance of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s ballet the Sleeping Beauty, visited Far Eastern Federal University, an aquarium and an Arnika Group factory that specializes in the production of feed components.

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