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, < br />, < div style = "text-align: center"> ▲ Kim Jong-un, meeting with Russian Defense Minister visiting North Korea , ‘\ n’, < br />, ‘\ nKim Jong-un, North Korean leader, reportedly met with Aleksei Kryukovich, the Russian Deputy Minister of Defense visiting North Korea, according to North Korean media.’, < br />, ‘\n’, < br />, ‘\nChosun Central News reported that Chairman Kim Jong-un met with the Russian military delegation led by Minister Kryukovich at the Workers’ Party headquarters yesterday.’, < br />, ‘\n’, < br />, ‘\nChosun Central News reported that at the meeting yesterday (18th), there was a shared recognition of the importance and necessity of military cooperation between the two sides to protect mutual security interests.’, < br />, ‘\n’, < br />, ‘\nCentral news reported that Chairman Kim Jong-un expressed strong support and solidarity with the North Korean government and people for Ukraine’s special military operations.’, < br />, ‘\n’, < br />, ‘\nCentral news also reported that Kim Jong-un emphasized the importance of a strong unity between the North Korean and Russian military to lead the new era of North Korea-Russia relations vigorously and to play an important role in “upholding regional and world peace, international justice.”‘, < br />, ‘\n’, < br />, ‘\nThe Russian Defense Minister conveyed greetings from President Putin to Chairman Kim Jong-un, and Kim Jong-un also conveyed his greetings to Putin, expressing his condolences, Central News reported.’, < br />, ‘\n’, < br />, ‘\nIt is the first time that a high-ranking Russian military official has visited North Korea since President Putin’s visit last month.’, < br />, ‘\n’, < br />, ‘\nEspecially, as North Korean media mentioned that military cooperation was discussed during this meeting, it seems that North Korea and Russia are trying to openly promote military cooperation.’, < br />, ‘\n’, < br />, ‘\n(Photo = Chosun Central News, Yonhap News) \ n’]