 Russia's Natural Resources Minister, Alexander Kozlov, held a meeting with North Korea's Premier, Kim Taek-hwan, before leaving Pyongyang. North Korean state-run broadcaster KRT reported on November 17.The meeting took place on November 16, in a friendly atmosphere with other senior officials on both sides present, including Russian sports minister Oleg Matitsyn and North Korea's Minister of External Economic Relations, Yun Jong-ho. According to state media, the Russian delegation led by Kozlov had arrived in North Korea on November 14 and visited multiple places in the North Korean capital, including an exhibition for light industrial products, an art exhibition and a department store before leaving for Russia on Thursday, according to KCNA.