N.K. foreign minister leaves for Moscow: KCNA

(ATTN: RECASTS with KCNA report)
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's foreign minister left for Russia on Tuesday, the communist state's official news media reported, as the North was to resume disablement of its nuclear arms complex.

Pak Ui-chun was seen off at Pyongyang airport by his deputy Kung Sok-ung and
Valery Sukhinin, Russian ambassador to North Korea, the North's official Korean
Central News Agency said.
It did not elaborate further on the trip, however.
Russia's Itar-Tass news agency, quoting a Russian Foreign Ministry source, said
Pak was on a four-day trip to Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart
Sergei Lavrov and other officials.
An agenda for the upcoming consultations has not been disclosed yet, but the two
sides may coordinate their approaches to the six-party nuclear disarmament
process, according to the report.
Discussions may also focus on ways to expand political, economic and cultural
cooperation, it said, quoting diplomatic sources.
The United States on Saturday removed North Korea from a list of countries
accused of sponsoring terrorism after a deal was reached to allow inspections of
the North's declared nuclear arsenal.
North Korea, in return, told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on
Monday that it would resume disabling its main nuclear complex at Yongbyon, the
U.N. nuclear watchdog body said.
Pyongyang has also allowed international inspectors back to the Yongbyon nuclear
plant, the IAEA said.
Pak's trip was timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties
between the two countries which fell on Sunday.
It also marks Pak's first visit to Russia in his capacity as foreign minister. He
previously served as the North's ambassador to Moscow.