According to the agency, assistant to the DPRK leader Kim Jong-un visited Moscow to prepare for a possible visit of the head of state to Russia.

Earlier, the media reported on the visit of Assistant Kim Jong-un to Moscow.

On March 14, Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov discussed a schedule of political contacts between Moscow and Pyongyang with his North Korean counterpart Im Chong Il.

Leading researcher at the Center for Korean Studies at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yevgeny Kim, in an interview with NSN, commented on the situation with the denuclearization of North Korea.