STORY: North Korea’s state television KRT on Sunday (July 13) aired footage of leader Kim Jong Un meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the eastern coastal city of Wonsan, where Kim recently opened the new Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area for locals.

The meeting with Russia's top diplomat was reported to have happened on Saturday (July 12).

According to North Korea’s state news agency KCNA, Kim reiterated to Lavrov his country was ready to "unconditionally support" all measures taken by Moscow to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, as the two countries held high-level strategic talks.

On Saturday, Russian media reported Lavrov described bilateral ties as “an invincible fighting brotherhood” in his meeting with Kim and thanked him for the troops deployed to Russia.

Earlier, Lavrov met his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui in Wonsan. KCNA said the two issued a joint statement pledging to defend each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Relations between Russia and North Korea have deepened dramatically during the last two years of the war in Ukraine, which started in February 2022, with Pyongyang deploying more than 10,000 troops and arms to Russia to back Moscow's military campaign.

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SHOWS: WONSAN, NORTH KOREA (AIRED JULY 13, 2025) (KRT - No use North Korea)

1. BOAT, WHICH IS BELIEVED TO BE CARRYING NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN, SAILING INTO BAY

2. VARIOUS OF CONVOY, BELIEVED TO BE CARRYING RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV

3. KIM AND LAVROV SHAKING HANDS ABOARD BOAT

4. VARIOUS OF KIM AND LAVROV WARMLY EMBRACING AND SPEAKING

5. KIM SHAKING HANDS WITH OTHER RUSSIAN OFFICIALS

6. DELEGATION ON DECK OF BOAT

7. LAVROV AND KIM SPEAKING

8. WIDE VIEW OF BOAT/ KIM AND LAVROV WALKING INTO MEETING ROOM

9. KIM, LAVROV, AND NORTH KOREAN AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS TAKING THEIR SEATS

10. MEETING IN PROGRESS

11. KIM SPEAKING

12. LAVROV SPEAKING AS RUSSIAN OFFICIALS TAKE NOTES

13. VARIOUS OF MEETING IN PROGRESS

14. LAVROV SPEAKING

15. MEETING IN PROGRESS

16. VARIOUS OF KIM SPEAKING

17. LAVROV AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS LISTENING

18. VARIOUS OF MEETING IN PROGRESS

19. KIM SMILING

20. LAVROV SPEAKING

21. KIM, LAVROV, AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS STANDING AND LEAVING MEETING ROOM

22. VARIOUS OF KIM, LAVROV, AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS WALKING DISEMBARKING BOAT

23. KIM SHAKING HANDS WITH LAVROV / EMBRACING/ KIM SHAKING HANDS WITH RUSSIAN OFFICIALS

24. LAVROV IN CAR AND KIM STANDING BESIDE CAR

25. KIM WAVING HAND AS LAVROV DEPARTS

26. CONVOY BELIEVED TO BE CARRYING LAVROV LEAVING

27. VARIOUS OF BOAT SAILING

28. (NIGHT SHOT) WONSAN COAST