North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a telegram to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of Korea Liberation Day, in which he noted that “strategic cooperation between the two countries is reaching a new level.”

In its telegram, the Central Agency of the North reported that “valiant Red Army soldiers gave their lives in the struggle for the liberation of Korea”, adding that their actions “are carefully preserved in the memory of the Korean people.”

The North Korean leader noted that “Korean-Russian friendship, established during the years of fighting a common enemy in the war against Japan, has been constantly strengthened and developed era after era, and today strategic and tactical cooperation, support and solidarity between the two countries is rising to a new level in general. front in order to eliminate the military threat, provocations and abuses by hostile forces.

He also expressed “confidence that the friendship and cooperation between North Korea and Russia will continue to be dynamically strengthened and will contribute to the prosperity and well-being of the peoples of the two countries.”

And the media previously reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Kim Jong-un on the occasion of the liberation of Korea, expressing confidence in the visit of bilateral contacts between the two countries.