MOSCOW. Sept 17 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a brief meeting with his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui in Moscow on Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its website.
"The foreign ministers of Russia and North Korea used the opportunity to exchange views on the ways of development of bilateral relations consistent with the achieved level of comprehensive strategic partnership between our states," the ministry said.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said earlier that Choe had come to Russia for the First BRICS Women's Forum to be held on the sidelines of the Fourth Eurasian Women's Forum.