North Korea will “unconditionally support” Russia’s goals in Ukraine, the country’s leader Kim Jong Un told visiting Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov this week, according to North Korea’s state news agency, as the two countries reaffirmed their deepening military and economic ties.
Lavrov met with Kim on Saturday on the leader’s yacht near the coastal resort of Wonsan after arriving in North Korea to a red-carpet welcome on Friday.
Lavrov thanked his host for the weapons and troops already sent by Pyongyang to aid Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, describing it as a “sincere expression of solidarity”, and said that the format any future military support would take was up to Kim.