Russian President Vladimir Putin gave more than 70 animals, including a lion and two bears, to the Pyongyang Central ZooThe Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia reported this Thursday.
“Today I give my Korean comrades a gift of Vladimir Putin to the Pyongyang Zoo. We have brought more than 70 copies,” said the head of that portfolio, Alexandr Kozlov, in the North Korean capital, quoted by his press office.
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The minister highlighted that “the animals They have historically occupied an important place in interstate relations; They are given as a sign of support, kindness and concern.
Putin’s gift, in addition to the lion and two bears, includes two domesticated yaks, five white cockatoos, 25 pheasants and 40 mandarin ducks:
Putin surprises Kim Jong-un: he gives bears, cockatoos and a lioness.#Russia
strengthens its alliance with #NorthKorea
: President Vladimir Putin delivered dozens of animals to the Pyongyang zoo, in a symbolic gesture that highlights the growing rapprochement between both countries… pic.twitter.com/OFebMHYNQx
— Newsweek en Español (@NewsweekEspanol) November 21, 2024
Kozlov, Russia’s co-chairman of the Russian-North Korean intergovernmental commission for economic and trade cooperation, highlighted that zoos in Moscow and Pyongyang They have been cooperating for 13 years.
The animals were sent from the Moscow Zoo and their arrival was received as a gift from Vladimir Putin’s government. The delivery was made amidst controversy over the alleged military support that Russia would have received, as there is talk of the arrival of hundreds of North Korean soldiers to Russian territory to fight against Ukraine.
The decision of the North Korean regime to send troops to the Ukrainian front has been harshly condemned by a large part of the international community and is believed to be one of the factors that led to EU to approve these days the use of longer-range weapons by Ukraine to attack Russian territory.
In fact, since the beginning of this war and derived from the multiple sanctions that have been imposed on the Russian nation, relations between both countries have strengthened, so these gifts are not a new issue. In fact, Putin recently sent 24 purebred horses to Kim Jong-una gift that was reciprocated with the sending of several dogs to Russian territory.
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Such has been the cooperation of both countries that, recently, North Korea and Russia signed a new economic cooperation protocol in Pyongyang which provides even more impetus to the strengthening of ties that both countries have opted for since last year, as reported this Thursday by the North Korean state news agency KCNA.
The agreement, signed on Wednesday in the Mansudae Assembly Hall in the North Korean capital, marked the culmination of the eleventh meeting of the bilateral cooperation committee on trade, economy, science and technology, which was attended by a Russian delegation led by the minister of Natural Resources and Ecology, Alexandr Kozlov.
The protocol was signed by Kozlov himself and the North Korean Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Yun Jong-ho.
Although KCNA did not provide details regarding the agreement, the Russian agency TASS reported on Wednesday that it has been decided to increase the number of charter flights between Pyongyang and different Russian cities (currently there are only direct flights between the North Korean capital and Vladivostok) based on the signed agreement.
Source: https://www.noticiascaracol.com/mundo/estos-son-los-animales-que-dono-putin-a-corea-del-norte-agradeciendo-apoyo-en-la-guerra-cb20
