Russian President Vladimir Putin has a valid invitation to pay an official visit to North Korea, such a visit is being prepared, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
In September 2023, Kim Jong Un visited Russia and invited Putin to North Korea. At the time, Peskov said the president "gratefully" accepted the invitation.
A series of high-level bilateral exchanges followed, including visits by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to North Korea in October and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui to Russia in January.
In January, Peskov said that Putin's visit to North Korea could take place in the foreseeable future.
Putin last visited North Korea in 2000, when he met Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang.