An armoured train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has departed Khasan railway station in Russia’s Primorsky Territory and is heading to Ussuriysk.
Earlier it was reported that Kim Jong Un’s train had stopped at Khasan railway station, a Russian border town.
The armoured train from North Korea has crossed a railroad bridge over the Tumen River, which separates Russia from North Korea. According to the source, Kim was welcomed with bread and salt; he took flowers and entered the station building.
“I am happy to be on Russian soil,” Kim reportedly said upon his arrival at Khasan railway station, adding that the current visit was just “a first step” and that he would visit Russia again.
Kim has visited the Russian-Korean House of Friendship in Primorsky Territory, a source in Far Eastern Railway told Sputnik.
The House of Friendship was built in 1986 ahead of former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung’s visit to the USSR.