North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a test launch of a strategic cruise missile and ordered full readiness to use nuclear strike capabilities, which will ensure the country's most effective defense, the North Korean news agency KCNA reported, quoted by BTA.
The test was intended to warn "enemies who intensify the confrontational climate and violate the country's security conditions", as well as to demonstrate a readiness posture for various nuclear capabilities, the North Korean agency added, quoted by Reuters.
The missile launch was carried out on Wednesday over the sea off the western coast of the Korean Peninsula, it specifies KCTA.
Meanwhile, the chairman of "United Russia" Dmitry Medvedev met with the member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Lee Hee-yong and called the measures that the DPRK is taking to ensure its security "fair".
„He expressed gratitude for the DPRK's support for the Russian Federation and also stated that all measures taken by the DPRK to protect its sovereignty and security are legal and fair", KCTA reports. Medvedev also pointed out that the treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership between Moscow and Pyongyang is fully consistent with international law and takes into account "changing realities".
The chairman of "United Russia" expressed hope for closer cooperation with the Korean Workers' Party and for expanding contacts and exchanges in all areas.
It was previously reported that at the meeting, Lee Hee-yong conveyed greetings from DPRK leader Kim Jong-un to Medvedev, and Medvedev wished the leader of the republic further success in his state posts. Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin received Lee Hee-yong in the Kremlin.
In June 2024 At a summit in Pyongyang, the leaders of the Russian Federation and the DPRK signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement, which contains a clause on the provision of military assistance in the event of a defensive war.
The Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, arrived in Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the press service of the Russian Security Council reported.
"The Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, arrived in Beijing to meet with the top leadership of China. During the one-day visit, a meeting with President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi is planned, the statement said.
The talks are expected to discuss bilateral security issues, as well as international and regional problems.
The Security Council noted that Russian-Chinese relations have the character of a strategic partnership.
This is Shoigu's second visit to China in the past three months.