North Korean Leader Visits Russia

North Korean Leader Visits Russia

Moscow - On Sunday, Kim Jong Il, North Korean leader, visited a hydro-electric power plant in Russia after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has invited him. Russia and North Korea were allies during the Cold War that ended in the 1980s. It has been the first time in nine years for the North Korean leader to visit Russia again since 2002.

On board an armored train Saturday, Kim together with his security group has traversed through Russia in an affirmative response to the invitation of the Russian President. The two leaders are expected to meet in the coming days to discuss the nuclear disarmament plans of North Korea along with the future pipeline construction that would transport natural gas from the Russian Federation going to North and South Korea.

The first stop of Kim’s armored train was Khasan, the Russian border city, where the North Korean leader was welcomed by Viktor Ishayev, Russian Far East Envoy, together with other Russian Senior Officials. Kim also dropped by briefly at the Khabarovsk Railway Station early Sunday morning. Later in the day, Kim completed his Sunday schedule with a tour at the Amur Hydro-Electric Power Plant along the mighty Bureya River. The plant with a 139 meter dam started its operations in 2009. The Amur Power Plant has been generating excess electricity and Russia has thought of sharing the excess power to South Korea through a transmission line via North Korea.

Posted by James Fried on Monday August 22 2011, 5:32 AM EST. Ref: Yahoo news. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, World. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0