North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to solidify the country’s comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia in his letter to President Vladimir Putin on Monday, according to state media. KCNA reported on Tuesday.
In the message, Kim sent New Year greetings to Putin and all Russians, including his troops, and expressed his willingness to further intensify bilateral relations, which he said the two leaders have raised to a new height this year. through new projects. KCNA saying.
Kim “wished that the New Year 2025 would be recorded as the first year of victory in the 21st century, when the Russian army and people defeated neo-Nazism and achieved a great victory.” KCNA saying.
Kim and Putin signed a mutual defense treaty at a summit in June, requiring each side to help the other in the event of an armed attack.
North Korea has since sent tens of thousands of troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine, and Seoul and Washington said more than a thousand of them have been killed or wounded.
Earlier this month, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and agreed to boost military cooperation between the two isolated nations.
