He said this following a meeting with his North Korean counterpart, Choe Son Hui, as reported by RBC.ru.According to him, Moscow had no reason to refuse Pyongyang’s proposal for North Korean military participation in battles in the Kursk region.Regarding the possibility of involving North Korean troops in other areas of the front in Ukraine, Lavrov said: "We responded to the proposal of the DPRK leader, the head of state affairs. We had no reason to refuse such a sincere display of solidarity. We proceed from the fact that the DPRK itself determines the forms in which it implements our strategic partnership agreement."The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that, at Russia’s initiative, which was supported by North Korea, a monument will be erected in memory of North Korean soldiers who died during the fighting in the Kursk region.Pyongyang may send between 25,000 and 30,000 North Korean troops to Russia in the coming months to fight against Ukraine, CNN reports, citing Ukrainian intelligence.