Russia's Deputy Nuke Envoy Visits N. Korea
North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) reports Russia’s ambassador-at-large Oleg Burmistrov began a four-day trip to the North on Saturday.
According to the report, he met with North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Sin Hong-chol and a North Korean foreign ministry director in charge of North America affairs.
Burmistrov is serving as Russia’s deputy negotiator to long-stalled six-party talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea.
The United Nations Security Council is drafting a new round of sanctions against North Korea, something which Russia, a veto-holding permanent member of the council, generally opposes.
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