Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday stated that the USA believes Russia’s defence minister is in North Korea to safe provides of weapons to assist the stalled invasion of Ukraine.

Following Sergei Shoigu’s arrival on a uncommon journey to Pyongyang, Blinken stated that Russia is scrambling to purchase arms from allies the world over.

“I strongly doubt he is there on vacation,” Blinken informed reporters in Australia.

“We’re seeing Russia desperately on the lookout for help, for weapons, wherever it could discover them to proceed to prosecute its aggression in opposition to Ukraine,” he stated.

“We see that in North Korea, we see that as effectively with Iran, which has supplied many drones to Russia that it is utilizing to destroy civilian infrastructure and killed civilians in Ukraine.”

Whereas in North Korea, Shoigu met the nation’s chief Kim Jong Un, in what Pyongyang’s state media described as “a pleasant discuss.”

Russia, a historic ally of North Korea, is certainly one of a handful of countries with which Pyongyang maintains pleasant relations.