North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives guidance while attending a flight training of Korean People’s Army Air Force at undisclosed location in this April 16, 2019 photo released on April 17, 2019 by North Korea’s Central News Agency (KCNA). Photo: KCNA via REUTERS.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is planning to visit North Korea, Iran’s state television reported on Sunday, without giving the date of the visit.

“The date of this trip will be set and announced soon,” the television quoted Zarif as saying. It gave no further details.

North Korea‘s top diplomat, Ri Yong Ho, whose country faces international and US sanctions, visited Iran in August as the United States reintroduced sanctions against the Islamic Republic.