Putin, DPRK FM discuss bilateral ties: Kremlin

MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Choe Son Hui discussed bilateral cooperation and strengthening ties, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.

"Actually, all the issues related to plans about the further development and enhancement of our friendship, our partnership, our alliance have been discussed," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on the meeting held on Monday.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Choe on Monday discussed current issues concerning the development of bilateral relations, with particular focus on the implementation of the agreements reached between the two heads of state.

Russia expressed its full support for the measures taken by the DPRK leadership to safeguard the country's sovereignty and ensure its national security, the Russian Foreign Ministry added.

DPRK's official Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday that Putin and Choe discussed many affairs for steadily developing the DPRK-Russia relations in the future.

The foreign ministers of the two countries had constructive and beneficial strategic communication, mainly focusing on the implementation results of the top-level agreements reached between the two heads of state, high-level exchanges between the two countries, and the multi-faceted cooperation plan, and they reached a consensus on all the issues discussed, the report said.