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Russia's Putin Confirms Plan to Visit South Korea
Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday confirmed his intention to visit the Republic of Korea in the near future after a planned trip to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said the Kremlin staff.
"We are glad that our two countries are developing constructive inter-state relations on a permanent basis. President Kim Dae Jung invited me again to visit South Korea (in Monday's telephone conversation), and I am sure to undertake the trip," Putin told Kim Yong Joung, chairman of South Korea's Constitutional Court, at their meeting in the Kremlin.
Putin stressed that Russia and South Korea have developed a good and stable relationship. He convoyed a greeting message to Kim Dae Jung and expressed his support to the recent inter-Korea summit in the DPRK capital of Pyongyang, Sergei Prikhodko, deputy chief of the Kremlin staff, told reporters after the meeting.
The Russian president also expressed readiness "to develop the bilateral ties in different spheres, particularly in the fields of culture and economy," said Prikhodko.
Monday, Putin and Kim Dae Jung held a telephone conversation on the Korea problem and bilateral ties, according to the Kremlin press service.
Putin congratulated Kim Dae Jung on the successful summit and named it "a great accomplishment in national reconciliation policy, "stressing that "Russia is determined to do everything possible to form an environment that would guarantee the implementation of the North-South accords."
The two sides "emphasized their wishes to mark the 10th anniversary of diplomatic relations on September 30 with a major advancement in the constructive partnership between the two countries," said the press service.
During the conversation, Kim Dae Jung confirmed his invitation to Putin to visit South Korea.
Earlier this month, the Kremlin announced that Putin had decided to pay a working visit to the DPRK on July 19 prior to the Group-8 summit slated for late July in Japan's Okinawa.
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