DPRK leader Kim Jong Un greeted Russia President Vladimir Putin at Pyongyang International Airport (Photo: KCNA)

He was greeted at the airport by the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Jong-un, who expressed his joy and gladness to meet Putin again in Pyongyang 270 days after their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome Spaceport in Russia’s Far eastern region in September last year.

According to the Korean Central News Agency, ahead of his visit, President Putin said his visit to the DPRK would raise bilateral cooperation to a new height and contribute to strengthening the sovereignty of the two countries and deepening their relations in the economy, trade, and humanitarian sectors.

Putin also said Russia is ready to work closely with the DPRK to bring more democracy and stability to international relation.

He added the two countries will develop a trade and mutual payment system that is not controlled by the West and will jointly oppose unilateral restrictions and shape an architecture of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia.