Russia To Promote Dialogue Between N. Korea, S. Korea Delegates At Women Forum - Matvienko

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 14th September, 2018) Russia is ready to promote the dialogue between North Korean and South Korean participants of the upcoming second Eurasian Women's Forum, Speaker of the Russian parliament's upper house (Federation Council) Valentina Matvienko said.

The forum will be held on September 19-21 in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. In early September, the Federation Council's delegation headed by Matvienko visited Pyongyang.

"I hope there will be an opportunity to organize the contacts between representatives of both Korean states ... The North Korean parliament is ready to start the dialogue with the South Korean parliament. We will promote that," Matvienko told the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper in an interview issued on Friday.