Russian defense delegation visiting DPRK

PYONGYANG, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of the Russian Defense Ministry is visiting the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

The KCNA reported Tuesday that the delegation led by Victor Kalganov, vice director of the Russian National Defense Command Center, arrived here Tuesday.

The visit came two weeks after a delegation of Russian lawmakers visited the country.

On Nov. 29, the DPRK test-fired a newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile, a move that has drawn condemnation from the international community.

On that day, a Russian envoy to the United Nations called for restraint over the Korean Peninsula nuclear crisis.

"It is essential to take a step back and carefully weigh the consequences of each move, to revise the policy of mutual threat and intimidation because this policy only leads to consequences or goal that are opposite to those that are sought after," Vassily Nebenzia, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, told the UN Security Council. Enditem