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 mentioned the 2 leaders have elevated to a brand new peak this 12 months, by new tasks, KCNA mentioned.
Kim “wished that the New 12 months 2025 could be recorded as the primary 12 months of victory within the twenty first century when the Russian military and other people would defeat neo-Nazism and obtain a fantastic victory,” KCNA mentioned.
Kim and Putin signed a mutual defence treaty at a summit in June, which requires all sides to come back to the opposite’s assist in case of an armed assault.
North Korea has since dispatched tens of 1000’s of troops to Russia to assist its conflict towards Ukraine, and Seoul and Washington mentioned that greater than a thousand of them have been killed or wounded.
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