Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- Talks were held here on Saturday between Kim Jong Gyu, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Andrei Rudenko, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Present there from the DPRK side were officials of the Foreign Ministry and from the opposite side members of the delegation of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russian ambassador to the DPRK.

At the talks both sides discussed in detail the practical ways for positively promoting bilateral exchange and cooperation and boosting mutual support and cooperation in the international arena in the spirit of the agreements reached at the historic DPRK-Russia summit in June 2024 and the treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries and reached a consensus of views.

The talks proceeded in a friendly atmosphere. -0-