North Korean foreign minister Ri Su Yong is set to begin a 10 day trip to Russia on Tuesday, in the first visit by a DPRK foreign minister to Moscow in four years.

During the trip the North Korean official will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Russian media reported on Tuesday, with the two ministers are expected to discuss a wide range of issues, from improving bilateral relations to the Ukraine and the Middle East.

“They will discuss joint measures to form the model of Russian-Korean trade and economic cooperation that would make it possible to take a