The head of Russia’s Emergencies Ministry arrived in North Korea for his first visit on Sunday, according to aviation data and DPRK state media, following Moscow-Pyongyang’s agreement to train North Korean rescuers in Russia.

The delegation headed by EMERCOM Minister Alexander Kurenkov landed at Pyongyang’s Sunan International Airport around 10 p.m. KST, Flightradar24 data showed.

The officials flew directly from Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport via Chinese airspace aboard a government Tu-204-300 aircraft (tail number RA-64059) operated by Russia’s Special Flight Squadron.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) releaseda photo of Kurenkov shaking hands with Kim Chol Nam, the DPRK’s