Kim Jong Un Hails Strengthened Alliance with Russia

(MENAFN) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has extended New Year greetings to Russian President Vladimir Putin, describing the past year as “truly meaningful” for relations between Pyongyang and Moscow.

In a statement published by a news agency on Saturday, Kim emphasized that ties had been further reinforced by “sharing blood” on the Ukraine conflict frontline.

Earlier in 2024, under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty signed in June, North Korean forces assisted Russian troops in repelling a major Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk Region. Although the number of soldiers involved was not revealed, Russian officials commended their contribution and announced plans to erect a monument in Moscow honoring those who died defending Russian territory.

Kim reflected on 2025 as a year “filled with immortal scenes that will be etched forever in the history of relations between our two countries,” praising the growing “mutual support and selfless assistance” between the nations. He declared that “relations have been further solidified as the most genuine alliance, forged by sharing blood and the trials of life and death together on a single front.”

He insisted that “no one can break the relations” between Moscow and Pyongyang, which are united by the “shared will and power to defend the just aspirations of the times and to set history straight.” Kim concluded by describing Russia–North Korea ties as “a precious common asset” that must be safeguarded “for generations to come.”

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