Lavrov Commends North Korean Forces

(MENAFN) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed his gratitude to North Korean forces for their involvement in the recapture of Russia’s Kursk Region, which had been briefly overtaken by Ukrainian troops earlier this year.

In August of the previous year, Ukrainian forces seized parts of the border areas within the Kursk Region, but were progressively driven out.

By April, Russian forces had completely reclaimed the territory. According to the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Ukraine suffered over 76,000 losses during the unsuccessful offensive.

While meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui at the Wonsan Kalma resort on Saturday, Lavrov emphasized that “the heroic soldiers of the the Korean People’s Army together with the Russian servicemen brought closer the liberation of Kursk Region with the cost of their blood and even their lives.”

Later in the day, at a media briefing with Russian journalists, Lavrov elaborated on the matter, reiterating Moscow’s appreciation to Pyongyang for assisting in the expulsion of “the Ukrainian Neo-Nazis and foreign mercenaries” from the region.

Lavrov also disclosed that a commemorative structure honoring the North Korean soldiers who participated in the Kursk Region battles will be constructed in Russia.

He noted that this project is “fully backed by our North Korean friends.”

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