Russia’s food aid train arrives in DPRK

Hanoi (VNA) – Russia’s train carrying food aid has arrived in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the official KCNA news agency reported on July 9.

The aid arrived at Sinuiju in the DPRK’s northern Phyongan province on July 7.

Distributed through the World Food Programme (WFP), the aid represented the friendship between Russia and the DPRK and was an “encouragement” to the DPRK people, the news report said.

On June 29, a US-flagged ship loading 37,000 tonnes of wheat docked the DPRK’s port. This was the first batch of of 500,000 tonnes of food promised by Washington to Pyongyang earlier this year.-