This picture taken on November 20, 2024 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on November 21, 2024 shows Russia's Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexander Kozlov (centre L) shaking hands with North Korea's External Economic Relations Minister Yun Jong Ho (centre R) during a signing ceremony at the "11th Meeting of the North Korea-Russia Intergovernmental Trade, Economic and Science and Technology Cooperation Committee" in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE --- / (Photo by STR/KCNA VIA KNS/AFP via Getty Images)