Russia has reached an agreement with North Korea to send North Korean sappers and builders to assist with reconstruction efforts in the Kursk region, Interfax reports, citing Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Shoigu.

Russia and North Korea have agreed that Pyongyang will send sappers and construction workers to assist with reconstruction efforts in Russia’s Kursk region, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said following talks with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang,