Russian Defense Minister: North Korea is an important partner of Russia

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced the meeting and conversation of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu with North Korean Defense Minister Kang Sun Nam in Pyongyang.

In this meeting, the Russian Defense Minister called North Korea an important partner of Moscow and added that today's talks will help strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the field of defense.

Today, the Russian Defense Minister and his accompanying delegation visited the Freedom Monument, which was built as a sign of the Korean people's gratitude to the Soviet soldiers in 1954 and after the end of the Korean War, and paid tribute by presenting flowers.

On Tuesday, North Korean media announced the schedule of a Russian military delegation headed by the country's defense minister to Pyongyang on Wednesday (July 26).

This trip is done while, according to reports, a delegation from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is also going to visit North Korea, and it is said that this Chinese delegation will arrive in Pyongyang on Wednesday (today).

NK NEWS reported that the visit of the Chinese and Russian delegations to Pyongyang comes as North Korea is scheduled to unveil its latest nuclear weapon on Thursday evening with a military parade.

North Korea's increase in military interactions with Russia and China coincides with the increase in military tensions in the Korean Peninsula, and the United States has recently introduced a nuclear submarine into this region.

North Korea's defense minister has warned that sending a nuclear submarine to the Korean Peninsula will create "very dangerous" conditions and bring the region "closer to the brink of a nuclear conflict."