SpaceWar.com reports: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with the leader of a Russian delegation in Pyongyang and called for deeper economic and scientific ties between the two countries, state media reported Tuesday, amid an already heightened military cooperation.

Kim sat down with Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexandr Kozlov for one-on-one talks Monday, state-run Korean Central News Agency reported. Kozlov and his delegation were in North Korea for a meeting of the intergovernmental committee for cooperation in trade, economy, science and technology.

During the session, Kim noted that bilateral cooperation has grown under a new treaty between the two countries. Moscow and Pyongyang signed a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty in June, which includes a mutual defense clause that calls for mutual military assistance in the event either country is attacked…”