Leaders of North Korea and Russia exchange messages on Korea's liberation day
(VOVWORLD) -North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the friendly ties of their countries and vowed further bilateral cooperation as they exchanged messages to mark the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japan's colonial rule.
 Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (left) at their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, April 25, 2019. (Photo: AFP/VNA) |
In a message sent to Putin on Sunday, Kim emphasized that the friendly ties between two countries have been carried forward for generations and hoped that the relations would grow stronger onto a "new strategic level.”
Putin sent a message to Kim on the same day, in which he stressed that the two countries "cherish the memory of the service personnel of the Red Army and Korean patriots who dedicated their lives to the freedom of Korea."
Putin expressed the belief that the bilateral cooperation of mutual benefits would be further promoted through the implementation of the agreements reached at the 2019 meeting in Vladivostok, and added that this would no doubt contribute to ensuring the security in the Korean Peninsula and the Northeast Asian region as a whole.