SEOUL, December 25. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has send his New Year greetings to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, noting the outgoing year’s special importance for bilateral relations, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) has reported.
According to the report, the congratulatory letter was sent on December 18. In it, Putin says the "past one year was of special significance in the relationship between Moscow and Pyongyang."
"The heroic entry of soldiers of the Korean People's Army into the battles for liberating the Kursk region from occupiers and the subsequent activities of Korean engineers in the land of Russia clearly proved the invincible friendship and militant fraternity between the Russian Federation and the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea]," KCNA quoted the message as saying.
"I am convinced that we will in the future, too, strengthen the relations of friendship and alliance in every way and conduct constructive cooperation on regional and international issues," the letter reads. "This will undoubtedly accord with the fundamental interests of the peoples of our two countries and contribute to establishing a just order of the multi-polar world."
Putin wished Kim Jong Un and his friends good health, wellbeing and successes, and all the citizens of the DPRK happiness and prosperity.