(31 May 2018) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho on Thursday in Pyongyang, a trip seen as an attempt by Moscow to make its voice heard in its neighbor state's new push for diplomacy.
Lavrov's visit comes ahead of a planned summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who has also made recent diplomatic overtures to Seoul and Beijing.
After his arrival, Lavrov met with Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho and others at an assembly hall in the capital.
Following that meeting Lavrov said Russia welcomed the contacts between North and South Korea as well as between North Korea and the United States.
Despite having a border with the North and relatively cordial relations that President Vladimir Putin has seemed to want to develop further, Russia has so far remained largely on the sidelines as Kim has emerged onto the world stage this year.
Kim has already met twice with China's President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
One of Kim's top lieutenants, former intelligence chief Kim Yong Chol, is now in New York to discuss with US officials the agenda for the summit planned in Singapore on or around June 12.
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