North Korean and Russian officials on Tuesday signed a new treaty on the extradition of imprisoned individuals, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Wednesday.

President of the DPRK Central Court Kang Yun Sok and Russian Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov reportedly signed “a treaty of extradition of those given a verdict of deprivation of freedom between the DPRK and the Russian Federation.”

A delegation of the Central Court of the DPRK led by Kang and North Korean ambassador to Russia Kim Hyong Jun, as well as representatives from the Russian Ministry of Justice, reportedly attended the signing