Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu leads a Russian military delegation to visit North Korea. Photo: AFP/TTXVN

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the visit will be an important milestone in the development of cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang. The Russian delegation will attend the ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice Agreement (July 27, 1953 / July 27, 2023) on the Korean Peninsula held in the capital Pyongyang. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice Agreement will take place "as a great political festival, going down in the history of the country".

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