Russia is shipping more than 400 goats to North Korea in the latest sign of improving relations between the two countries.
North Korean state media said
the goats would provide an uninterrupted supply of dairy products to children
in the country's Nampo municipality. Further deliveries of farm animals from
Russia are expected
Kim Jong-un, the North Korean
dictator, and President Putin signed a new strategic partnership treaty during
a visit by the Russian leader to Pyongyang in June. The visit was his first to
the isolated East Asian state since 2000.
Russia's state veterinary
service, Rosselkhoznadzor, said that 432 non-pregnant female goats and 15 male
goats have been sent to a Korean trading company.
Kim Jong-un gave Putin two
Pungsan dogs, a local breed, during his visit.
Moscow sent 30 grey
thoroughbred horses to Pyongyang in 2022. Kim is believed to be a keen rider.
Although Russia and North Korea
have had friendly relations since the Soviet era, the Kremlin is seeking to
boost ties as part of its attempt to forge an anti-western coalition.
Russian state television has
hailed Moscow's alliance with Pyongyang as part of "the fight against the
global imperialism of the United States and its satellites".
North Korea has backed Russia's
invasion of Ukraine. It is believed to have provided artillery shells for
Moscow's army as well as a limited number of ballistic missiles.
President Zelensky of Ukraine
said that Russia had used a North Korean missile to attack Kyiv on Saturday
night, August 10, which killed a father and his four-year-old son.
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