N. Korean delegation to visit Russia in Feb, State Duma delegation may return visit in March - MP

MOSCOW. Feb 1 (Interfax) - A North Korean parliamentary delegation will visit Russia in February, coordinator of the group for interaction between the Russian State Duma and the North Korean Supreme People's Assembly Kazbek Taisayev said.

"A North Korean delegation will visit Russia as part of interparty and inter-parliamentary cooperation," Taisayev told Interfax on Thursday.

In particular, the North Korean delegation is due to meet with Russian Communist Party Central Committee Chairman Gennady Zyuganov on February 13, he said.

A State Duma delegation may return the visit in March as part of the State Duma friendship group's activity, Taisayev said.

The Supreme People's Assembly is the top legislative and representative body of North Korea.