Russian intelligence chief visits North Korea for security talks. Director of Russian Foreign Intelligence (SVR) Sergei Naryshkin met with North Korean Minister of State Security Ri Chang Dae.
The officials discussed strengthening cooperation "to confront growing espionage and plots by hostile forces" In September, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a summit in the Russian Far East during which the latter said ties with Moscow were his "number one priority" country. The United States later claimed that Pyongyang had begun supplying weapons to Moscow.