A passenger aircraft from Pyongyang landed at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on Tuesday, marking the primary direct flight from the North Korean capital to Moscow in many years, as the 2 nations strengthened their ties.
It landed again within the Russian capital at 0750 GMT on Tuesday, finishing its first spherical journey on the route, in response to the web site of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.
The 440-seater aircraft was “fully full”, with many of the passengers being North Korean, Russia’s state RIA information company reported.
Russian diplomat Matvei Krivosheyev, who was additionally on board, was quoted as saying it was the primary such flight in nearly three many years.
“We are assured that this flight will probably be in demand each by Russian vacationers and by Korean comrades,” he instructed the RIA information company.
Russia and North Korea have solid nearer ties in recent times, with Pyongyang supplying troops and weapons for Russia’s army operations in Ukraine.
The two nations signed a mutual defence pact final 12 months, when Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the reclusive state.
North Korea confirmed for the primary time in April that it had deployed a contingent of its troopers to the frontline in Ukraine, alongside Russian troops.
