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 (Dec 31).
Within the message, Kim despatched New Yr 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 yr, by means of new initiatives, KCNA stated.
Kim “wished that the New Yr 2025 can be recorded as the primary yr of victory within the twenty first century when the Russian military and other people would defeat neo-Nazism and obtain an ideal victory,” KCNA stated.
Kim and Putin signed a mutual defence treaty at a summit in June, which requires both sides to come back to the opposite’s help in case of an armed assault.
North Korea has since dispatched tens of thousands 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.
