SEOUL (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with a North Korean senior official in Moscow on Thursday, North Korea’s state news agency said on Saturday.
Putin met in the Kremlin with Ri Hi-yong, a member of North Korea’s Workers’ Party’s Central Committee Politburo and secretary of the party’s Central Committee.
Putin expressed his gratitude for North Korea’s active support of Russia, KCNA reported, demonstrating the strengthening cooperation between the two countries.
North Korea has deployed thousands of troops to support Russian forces fighting in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian, U.S. and South Korean assessments.
(Reporting by Heekyong Yang and Josh Smith; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
