( CNN) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit North Korea on Thursday, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, the most recent move in Pyongyang's push for diplomatic reconciliation.
His visit comes as North Korea, the US and South Korea intensify efforts towards convening an historical summit between Northern korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump. On Wednesday, American officials traversed the demilitarized zone into North Korea to meet with officials there, South Korean media reported, purportedly to discuss the substance of any talks should they occur.
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho had extended an invitation to Lavrov to visit the country on a trip to Moscow on April 10.
