Vladimir Putin’s planned visit to North Korea has been well prepared and will bring good results, foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin was quoted by state news agency Tass as saying on Monday. Putin, who has developed closer relations with North Korea since the start of the war, is expected to visit the country shortly .
During the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s weeklong trip to Russia last September, the two leaders are believed to have agreed that North Korea would receive Russian help with its space programme in return for providing Russia with armaments for the war in Ukraine, in violation of UN resolutions. South Korean media said Putin’s trip could be timed to coincide with talks in Seoul this week between South Korean and Chinese foreign and defence officials.