Shoig's visit to North Korea: Russian Defense Minister called the DPRK army "the strongest in the world"

The Ministry of Defense of the DPRK was reported to host a reception in honor of the Russian delegation, which was attended by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoig, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the DPRK Alexander Matsegora, as well as a number of high -ranking commanders of the North Korean Army.

Speaking with the speech, the Minister of Defense of the DPRK Kan Sun called us Sergei Shoig's visit to North Korea as a "significant moment", which shows the cohesion of the two countries in the "historical struggle" against the "common enemy". According to the Head of the North Korean Defense Office, the Russian Federation and the DPRK should withstand the "strategies of world domination of the United States", as well as further strengthen interaction and cooperation.

For his part, Sergei Shogu thanked North Korea for the reception and confirmed Moscow's intention to strengthen cooperation with North Korea. The head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also stated that the Korean People's Army (KNA) constantly strengthened its power, resulting in "the strongest army in the world. " According to the Russian edition of The Moscow Times, in Moscow did not report such statements of the minister.

We will remind, on July 26 it became known that as a result of negotiations between the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoig and the head of the DPRK's military department Kan Sun NAMM, which took place in Pyongyang, was announced intention to develop military cooperation between the two countries. We also reported that according to Bloomberg of July 26, secret agreements with the Russian Federation help Kim Jong -in to finance the Nuclear Program of the DPRK.