A sanctioned Russian state-run media group inked a cooperation deal with North Korea’s state news agency in Pyongyang on Tuesday, as the two allies push to align their messaging amid deepening military ties.

Information sharing and joint initiatives are at the core of the newly reached agreement between Rossiya Segodnya and the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the Russian media group stated in a press release.

The two sides plan to pursue projects “aimed at promoting objective, professional media coverage of developments in the cultural, humanitarian, economic and political spheres,” the readout added. 

Rossiya Segodnya Deputy Editor-in-Chief Sergei Kochetkov