North Korea and Russia expand cooperation in disaster prevention... Cooperation plan signed for the next 3 years

Russian Emergency Situations Minister meets at Pyongyang Capitol... Exchange of disaster prevention project results and experiences

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Eunjung Lee = North Korea and Russia agreed to expand cooperation in the field of disaster response and signed a document containing a cooperation plan for the next three years.

The Korean Central News Agency reported on the 13th that Disaster Prevention Minister Kim Chol-nam and Russian Emergency Situations Minister Aleksandr Kurenkov held a meeting at the Pyongyang National Assembly the previous day and signed a cooperation plan for 2027-2029 between the two countries' organizations.

Minister of Disaster Prevention Ri Su-gil and Russian Ambassador to North Korea Andrey Leonidovich Podyolyshev also attended the meeting.

The news agency reported that at the meeting, “the achievements and experiences achieved in disaster prevention projects of the two countries were exchanged, and issues to expand and develop bilateral exchange and cooperation were discussed.”

In the evening, a banquet was held to welcome the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations delegation.

The delegation led by Russian Emergencies Minister Kurenkov arrived in Pyongyang on the 11th. The delegation also visited Pyongyang in July of last year, inspected North Korea's disaster prevention and response system, and discussed ways to train fire rescue experts and cooperate in the field of science and technology.

In May 2024, the Chairman of the North Korean National Emergency Disaster Committee participated in the 'Comprehensive Safety 2024' exhibition of security measures held in Moscow and held a meeting with the Russian Minister of Emergency Situations.

Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations and North Korea's Ministry of Disaster Prevention signed an 'Expert Training and Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement' in December last year, and according to this, the Russian government plans to invest 61.5 million rubles (about 1 billion won) in operating training programs over the next five years.