Seoul:
North Korean chief Kim Jong Un pledged to solidify the nation’s complete strategic partnership with Russia in his letter to President Vladimir Putin on Monday, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday.
Within the message, Kim despatched New 12 months greetings to Putin and all Russians, together with their troops and expressed his willingness to additional step up bilateral ties, which he stated the 2 leaders have elevated to a brand new top this 12 months, by way of new tasks, KCNA stated.
Kim “wished that the New 12 months 2025 can be recorded as the primary 12 months of victory within the twenty first century when the Russian military and folks would defeat neo-Nazism and obtain an important victory,” KCNA stated.
Kim and Putin signed a mutual defence treaty at a summit in June, which requires either side to come back to the opposite’s support in case of an armed assault.
North Korea has since dispatched tens of hundreds of troops to Russia to help its battle towards Ukraine, and Seoul and Washington stated that greater than a thousand of them have been killed or wounded.
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