Kim Jong Un Aide Jo Yong-won Arrives in Moscow Leading Party-Government Delegation at Medvedev's Invitation
Jo Yong-won, secretary of the Central Committee of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party and one of leader Kim Jong Un's closest aides, has arrived in Moscow leading a party and government delegation, the North's Korean Central News Agency said, as reported by Yonhap. Jo left Pyongyang by private plane on Saturday, November 14.
The delegation was invited by Dmitry Medvedev, chairman of Russia's ruling United Russia party. Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui and other senior North Korean officials, along with Russian Ambassador to North Korea Andrey Podelyshev, saw Jo off at Pyongyang International Airport. In Moscow he was greeted by Andrei Klimov, a member of United Russia's Supreme Council and first deputy chairman of the State Duma's international affairs committee, and North Korean Ambassador Sin Hong-chol.
Yonhap noted the trip comes amid deepening ties between Pyongyang and Moscow following North Korea's deployment of troops to support Russia's war in Ukraine, and days before the U.S., Chinese and Russian leaders are set to meet on the sidelines of an APEC summit this week.
(Source: Yonhap News Agency)
Source: Yonhap News Agency
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Photo: 图：朝鲜劳动党中央委员会书记赵甬元资料图，2026年4月摄于莫斯科。照片：俄罗斯国家杜马新闻处，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: File photo of Jo Yong-won, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, taken in Moscow in April 2026. Photo by the Press Service of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
