Overview

• Ri Hi-yong and Vladimir Yakushev signed the joint statement, following talks involving Dmitry Medvedev and Jo Yong-won in Pyongyang.
• The parties said they will expand cooperation across central and regional party bodies, step up delegation exchanges, and hold more joint events.
• United Russia voiced “firm support” for North Korean measures to bolster defense capabilities, with the statement not specifying which measures.
• The Workers’ Party of Korea expressed full support for Russia’s “special military operations,” and KCNA reported Russia thanked Pyongyang for dispatching troops, a claim without independent verification in the reports.
• The statement portrayed rising global tensions as driven by Western policies and pledged joint efforts against what it called neocolonialist actions and threats to regional stability.