North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday morning arrived at a Russian industrial city to visit a military aviation factory, as part of his days-long trip to Russia, Russian agencies reported.
TASS news agency said the North Korean leader arrived by train in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur to visit an aviation plant. Interfax for its part indicated that Kim was to visit a company in the aviation sector producing “combat and civilian equipment.”
Kim's visit to Russia is his first official trip abroad since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out.
On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kim held a summit at the Vostochny cosmodrome, where they visited the site and met for about two hours for talks on enhancing relationships, particularly at the military level.
On Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Kim's far east visit will last a few more days, without giving further details.
Putin said on television that Kim will visit factories where civilian and combat aviation equipment is produced in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
“There is also a military component in Vladivostok... to demonstrate the capabilities of the Pacific Fleet,” Putin told state media. Kim had visited the Russian city in 2019.
