Russia-DPRK cooperation to increase in various sectors

Pyongyang, Sep 15 (Prensa Latina) The visit to Russia of the general secretary of the Workers' Party and chairman of State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong Un, will relaunch bilateral cooperation in several sectors, local media commented.

September 15, 2023
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In particular, the leader toured military and civilian aircraft factories in the Amur city of Komsomolsk (Russian Far East). One of the plants visited by Kim was the assembly plant of the Su-35 fighter (there was a demonstration flight) and the fifth generation Su-57, according to the state news agency KCNA.

Also, the manufacturing of the SJ-100 airliner, whose components are almost all Russian as part of the strategy of self-sufficiency in civil and military aeronautics.

Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, who accompanied Kim, assured that there is a great potential for cooperation in the sector, which, he said, is especially relevant to achieve the aspiration of our countries to attain technological sovereignty.

In Moscow, after meeting with the DPRK’s top leader, President Vladimir Putin told Rossiya 1 that Russia and the DPRK plan to increase cooperation in transport, agriculture and other spheres.

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