In a letter to Kim Jong Un, Mr Putin said the close ties would help strengthen the security and stability of the Korean Peninsula and the Northeast Asian region.
In a letter to Kim Jong Un, Mr Putin said the close ties would help strengthen the security and stability of the Korean Peninsula and the Northeast Asian region.
Pyongyang’s state media reported on August 15 that Russian President Vladimir Putin told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that the two countries would “expand comprehensive and constructive bilateral ties with shared efforts.”
In a letter to Mr. Kim for Korea’s Liberation Day, Mr. Putin said closer ties would be in the interests of both countries, and help strengthen the security and stability of the Korean Peninsula and the Northeast Asian region, North Korea. KCNA news agency said.
Mr Kim also sent a letter to Mr Putin saying the Russian-North Korean friendship was forged with the victory over Japan in World War II, which occupied the Korean peninsula.
Mr Kim said in the letter that “strategic and strategic cooperation, support and solidarity” between the two countries had reached a new level in their common efforts to thwart threats and provocations from hostile military forces.
KCNA The hostile forces were not identified, but it has commonly used that term to refer to the United States and its allies.
Mr Kim predicted that cooperation between Russia and North Korea would increase based on an agreement signed in 2019 when he met with Vladimir Putin.
In July, North Korea recognized two Russian-backed “People’s Republics” in eastern Ukraine as independent states, and officials raised the possibility of sending North Korean workers to the regions to help with construction and other labor.
Ukraine, which has been resisting the Russian offensive described by Moscow as a “special military operation”, immediately severed ties with Pyongyang over the move.