Russian President Vladimir Putin, proper, and North Korea’s chief Kim Jong-un maintain a gathering on the Diaoyutai State Visitor Home in Beijing, Sept. 3. TASS-Yonhap
North Korean chief Kim Jong-un has despatched a message of greeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin forward of New Yr’s Day, calling the 2 nations’ relations a “treasured widespread asset,” the North’s state media stated Saturday.
Within the message, Kim described this 12 months as a “significant” one when the 2 nations “steadily wrote a terrific biography of the alliance” by means of “full mutual help and selfless encouragement,” in keeping with the Korean Central Information Company (KCNA).
Kim’s greeting got here after Putin himself despatched New Yr’s message to the North Korean chief on Dec. 18.
“I feel that in the present day’s DPRK-Russia alliance … is a treasured widespread asset to be carried ahead eternally not solely within the current period but in addition by posterity technology after technology,” Kim stated, utilizing the acronym of North Korea’s official identify, the Democratic Individuals’s Republic of Korea.
Kim stated the North-Russia relations have been additional consolidated into the “sincerest alliance of sharing blood, life and dying in the identical trench,” as he referred to the North’s troop deployment to Russia to help the battle with Ukraine.
“Now nobody can break the relations between the peoples of the 2 nations and their unity, supported firmly by embodiment of the robust will and power to defend the simply aspirations of the instances and set proper historical past,” he stated.
North Korea and Russia have been deepening their navy cooperation since Putin and Kim signed a “complete strategic partnership” treaty throughout their summit in Pyongyang in June 2024. Since final 12 months, the North has despatched round 15,000 fight troops to help Moscow’s battle towards Ukraine.
