Keeping its old enemies close and its old friends even closer,... North Korea is preparing for a visit by Moscow's top diplomat. <br />Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov is to travel to Pyongyang this month amid the flurry of diplomacy ahead of the planned North Korea-U.S. summit in mid-June.<br /> Quoting a foreign ministry spokesperson Wednesday, Russian news agencies reported that Lavrov would travel to Pyongyang next week, though firm dates have yet to be announced. <br />Lavrov held talks with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong-ho in Moscow last month,... as the regime moved to improve its strained ties with global powers. <br />
