North Korea and Russia will push ahead with plans to build a cross-border road bridge and establish regular trade fairs for DPRK goods in the Far East region and Moscow as part of a new “trading house,” according to a Friday press release from the Primorsky Krai administration.

The announcements came following talks in Vladivostok Thursday between Russian Far East leaders and a North Korean delegation led by Vice Minister of External Economic Relations Ri Kwang Gun.

A separate press releasefrom the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East (MDRFE) also announced that the next major bilateral