Russian delegation in Pyongyang for emergency coordination talks

A Russian Emergencies Ministry delegation is in North Korea for talks on disaster response and emergency coordination at the invitation of the regime.

According to Russian news agency TASS on Tuesday the ministry's deputy head Roman Kurynin is leading the team and on the agenda are site inspections and discussions on joint training for rescue and firefighting personnel.

Cooperation on this front reportedly follows a memorandum signed by Pyongyang and Moscow last year.