SEOUL, Sept 13 ― North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said his visit to Russia was a clear show of the “strategic importance” of the two countries' relations, state media KCNA reported today.
“Kim Jong-un said that his visit to the Russian Federation ... is a clear manifestation of the stand of the WPK and the government of the DPRK prioritizing the strategic importance of DPRK-Russia relations,” the KCNA report said. Images released by KCNA showed Kim arriving at the train station in the border town of Khasan on Tuesday morning and being greeted by senior officials from Moscow and elsewhere.His movements since are unclear but Japan's Kyodo news agency and South Korean media have reported that he might meet Putin at the Vostochny cosmodrome in eastern Russia.