MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergei Naryshkin paid a visit to North Korea from March 25-27 to meet with State Security Minister Ri Chang Dae, the SVR said on Thursday.
«Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director S. Naryshkin visited North Korea from March 25-27. [Naryshkin] held detailed negotiations with North Korean Minister of State Security Ri Chang Dae in Pyongyang. Topical issues of the development of the international situation, ensuring regional security, deepening Russian-North Korean interaction in the context of attempts to increase pressure from external forces were discussed,» the SVR said in a statement.
The sides widely and seriously discussed measures for further boosting cooperation «to cope with the ever-growing spying and plotting moves by the hostile forces,» North Korean state-run news agency KCNA reported.
