Pyongyang, July 13 -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Russia reaffirmed their will to develop bilateral ties into "eternal strategic relations" and pledged to lend firm support to each other.

DPRK Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui and her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov made the pledge during the second strategic dialogue in the DPRK's eastern coastal city of Wonsan yesterday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported today, citing a press statement issued a day earlier.

During their strategic dialogue, the two foreign ministers "discussed in depth the immediate practical issues arising in accelerating the dynamic development of the DPRK-Russia relations," said the statement.

The dialogue reaffir...