Direct commercial flights between Russia and North Korea are starting in the middle of the narrower ties
Russia opened a regular air link on Sunday between Moscow and PyongyangA movement reflecting increasingly narrow links Between the two countries.
The first flight operated by the Russian carrier Nordwind took off from Shetretyevo airport in Moscow carrying more than 400 passengers. The Russian Ministry of Transport said that there will be one flight per month to meet demand.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who visited the new North Korea Wonsan-Kalma Beach Resort Earlier this month to meet the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, promised to encourage Russian tourists to visit the complex.
The complex, which can accommodate nearly 20,000 people, is at the center of Kim’s thrust to stimulate tourism to improve the troubled economy of its country.
North Korea slowly softens the imposed borders During the pandemic And reopening its borders in phases. But the country did not say if it would fully resume international tourism.
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Regular flights between the eastern port city of Russia from Vladivostok and Pyongyang reopened in 2023 following a break caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Russia and North Korea have strongly expanded military and other links in recent years, Pyongyang providing weapons and troops to support the military action of Russia in Ukraine.
