Representatives of the North Korean and Russian foreign ministries met in Moscow last week to sign an agreement on exchanges for the next year in areas including politics and the economy, DPRK state outlet Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Monday.

The meeting between Vice Foreign Minister Im Chon Il and his Russian counterpart Igor Morgulov took place on March 14 and received a short readout from the Russian foreign ministry at the time.

That report said the two sides discussed “topical issues of development of bilateral relations” including over “political contacts and prospects for promoting