Russia has despatched a present of greater than 70 animals to North Korea for the Pyongyang Zoo, together with bears, yaks, geese and cockatoos.
In one other signal of the rising cooperation between the nations, the animals had been flown to Pyongyang aboard a authorities airplane, escorted by officers and specialists from the Moscow Zoo, in keeping with a authorities assertion launched Wednesday.
“Historically, animals always have played a special role in relations between states. They have been given as a sign of support, kindness and care,” Russia’s Pure Sources Minister Alexander Kozlov, who traveled with the animals, mentioned in televised remarks.
The supply included an African lion, two bears, two home yaks, 25 pheasants, 40 mandarin geese and 5 white cockatoos, the assertion mentioned.
In June, President Vladimir Putin traveled to North Korea, the place he met with its chief, Kim Jong Un. They signed a “comprehensive strategic partnership treaty” that was the strongest hyperlink between Moscow and Pyongyang because the finish of the Chilly Battle. Each nations have been focused by Western sanctions.
Since then, U.S., South Korean and Ukrainian intelligence assessments say as much as 12,000 North Korean troops have been despatched to Russia to battle towards Ukraine.