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Russians Visit Pyongyang To Discuss 'Cooperation Against Spying'


Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service chief Sergei Naryshkin (file photo)
Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service chief Sergei Naryshkin (file photo)

A delegation of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) visited North Korea this week and discussed boosting cooperation against spying, state media KCNA reported on March 28. SVR chief Sergei Naryshkin and North Koreaan Minister of State Security Ri Chang Dae briefed each other in Pyongyang on the international and regional situation regarding the Korean Peninsula and Russia, according to KCNA. The two sides also discussed further boosting cooperation to deal with the "ever-growing spying and plotting moves by hostile forces," KCNA said.

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