North Korean chief Kim Jong-un provides flowers to the portrait of Russia’s Ambassador Aleksandr Matsegora throughout his condolence go to to the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang, Wednesday, on this picture from the Korean Central Information Company, Thursday. Matsegora died out of the blue, Saturday, at age 70. Yonhap
North Korean chief Kim Jong-un has paid a condolatory go to to the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang to mourn the dying of Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Matsegora, the North’s state media reported Thursday.
Kim’s condolatory go to to the embassy yesterday got here a day after the North confirmed the sudden dying final Saturday of the Russian ambassador, who had served within the nation for greater than 10 years.
Kim “laid a bunch of flowers and noticed a second’s silence in reminiscence of Aleksandr Ivanovich Matsegora, who devoted his noble life to boosting and creating the DPRK-Russia friendship,” the Korean Central Information Company (KCNA) stated, referring to North Korea by the acronym of its official identify, the Democratic Folks’s Republic of Korea.
Kim additionally met with members of the bereaved household and members of the embassy, expressing deep condolences to them.
Kim eulogized Matsegora as “an ready diplomat” who contributed to the historical past of the North Korea-Russia pleasant relations.
His dying is “a deep sorrow and nice loss” to Russian in addition to North Korea, particularly at a time when the 2 international locations have opened “an essential historic section” within the improvement of their relations, Kim additionally famous.
“Although he handed away, our respect and reminiscences of him would final endlessly and the DPRK-Russia relations proceed to develop as he hoped,” the KCNA additionally quoted Kim as saying.
Pictures launched confirmed Kim kneeling on one knee to supply flowers to Matsegora’s portrait.
Matsegora had served as Russia’s ambassador to North Korea for greater than 10 years earlier than dying out of the blue at age 70 for causes unknown.
North Korea and Russia made a dramatic leap of their relations final yr by signing a complete strategic partnership, which led to North Korea deploying troops to assist Russia in its warfare with Ukraine whereas Matsegora was nonetheless in workplace.
The KCNA stated a bunch of high-rank North Korean occasion and authorities officers additionally paid condolence visits to the embassy yesterday, together with International Minister Choe Son-hui, Protection Minister No Kwang-chol and Kim Track-nam, director of the worldwide division of the Employees’ Social gathering of Korea.
