North Korea is seeking to boost trade, tourism, and overseas laborer quotas with Russia’s Far East, the Primorsky Krai official website reported Tuesday following a meeting between top officials from both sides in Vladivostok the previous day.

DPRK consul general in Vladivostok Jo Sok Chol and Primorsky Krai (also referred to as Primorye) Governor Oleg Kozhemyako met in Vladivostok Monday to “discuss the development of transport, logistics, and tourist ties,” the report said.

It also said the two sides noted the planned construction of a new border crossing and road bridge connecting Russia’s Khasan and North Korea’s Tumangang was “the