Russia is deepening scientific and technological cooperation with North Korea, which has been prohibited since 2016 by a separate UN Security Council resolution. This information comes from the North Korean state news agency KCNA, as reported by Yonhap.
It is noted that on May 21, after a week-long visit to Russia, a scientific and technical delegation from the North Korean government, led by the head of the State Commission for Science and Technology Ri Jong Gil, returned to Pyongyang. In Moscow, they participated in the eighth meeting of the intergovernmental committee on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation between North Korea and Russia.
During the visit, Ri also met with the Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education, Valery Falkov. Members of the North Korean delegation visited several scientific institutions in the Russian capital, including Moscow State University and the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Cooperation in the field of science and technology with North Korea, except for medical purposes, is prohibited by UN Security Council Resolution 2321, which was adopted in 2016 in response to North Korea's fifth nuclear test.
This photo, taken from the Telegram account of the Russian Embassy in North Korea, shows Ri Chung-gil (L), chairman of the North's State Commission of Science and Technology, meeting Russian Ambassador to Pyongyang Alexander Matsegora before leaving for Moscow on May 13, 2024. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
