Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory telegram for Liberation Day to DPRK State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong Un, the Kremlin announced on the 15th.
According to Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency, President Vladimir Putin stated in the telegram that “relations between Moscow and Pyongyang have reached an unprecedented level of comprehensive strategic partnership.”
President Vladimir Putin added that “Our countries actively cooperate in all areas, coordinating their efforts to ensure regional security and stability.”
In the telegram released by the Kremlin that day, President Vladimir Putin was confident that, “constructive joint work for the benefit of the people of Russia and North Korea will continue, as well as efforts to create a more righteous and democratic world order.”
He emphasized that “This holiday is symbolic of heroism and toughness of the Korean patriots and soldiers of the Red Army, who fought together to liberate your country from Japan’s colonial tyranny,” adding that “Created just at that severe time were the lasting traditions of militant friendship and mutual assistance that have served as foundations for the development of the friendly and good neighborly relations between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.”
