Overview

• Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service Director, Sergei Naryshkin, visited North Korea to strengthen bilateral cooperation against perceived threats.
• The visit included discussions on the international and regional situation, with a focus on the Korean Peninsula and Russia.
• North Korea and Russia discussed enhancing cooperation to counter spying and plotting by hostile forces.
• Military cooperation between Russia and North Korea raises concerns for the United States, amid reports of North Korea supplying arms for the Ukraine war.
• The visit signifies a deepening of ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, despite international sanctions.