South Korean media reports suggest that North Korea's People's Army Air Force is seeking to acquire a number of Sukhoi Su-35s multi-role fighter aircraft to modernise its fighter force. The reports quote an un-named senior South Korean military official, who said on January 9 that Choe Ryong-hae, a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, travelled to Moscow in November 2014 to discuss the request with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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