Amid an ongoing warming of relations, Russia and North Korea have agreed in principle to built a joint Asian trading house, Russia's embassy in North Korea announced on Tuesday.
The announcement followed bilateral talks in Pyongyang this week on the subject of energy, trade and railroad transport between Minister for Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka and the North Korean Minister of Foreign Trade Ri Ryong Nam.
Amid an ongoing warming of relations, Russia and North Korea have agreed in principle to built a joint Asian trading house, Russia's embassy in North Korea announced on Tuesday.
The announcement followed bilateral talks in Pyongyang this week on the subject of energy, trade and railroad transport between Minister for Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka and the North Korean Minister of Foreign Trade Ri Ryong Nam.
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