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Reference News reported on August 16According to a report by TASS on August 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on August 15, North Korea's "Fatherland Liberation Day", believing that the implementation of the Russia-North Korea agreement is in the interests of the people of both countries and can also safeguard regional stability and security.

Putin's message, reported by the Korean Central News Agency, said: "In both Russia and North Korea, we pay tribute to the Red Army officers and soldiers and Korean patriots who fought side by side for the liberation of North Korea. It is important that the bonds of friendship and mutual assistance that were consolidated during those severe war years are still a reliable basis for promoting the development of good-neighborly relations between Russia and North Korea."

“I am convinced that the detailed implementation of the agreements reached at the recent talks in Pyongyang will continue to promote the expansion of mutually beneficial cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. This will not only fully serve the interests of our people, but will also contribute to ensuring regional stability and security,” Putin said.

Kim Jong-un reportedly sent a reply to Putin to express his gratitude for Putin's congratulations. Kim Jong-un's message reported by the KCNA news agency said: "I would like to take this opportunity to express my firm belief that the courageous Russian people, under your energetic leadership, will surely win the holy war to resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and security interests and realize regional peace and international justice."

Kim Jong-un stressed: "The friendship between the military and civilians of the DPRK and Russia, which was created and deepened in the bloody struggle against the common enemy, has now become a powerful driving force for elevating the traditional friendly and cooperative relations between the DPRK and Russia to a comprehensive strategic partnership and an invincible comrade-in-arms relationship, and promoting the construction of the two countries' strong countries and the construction of a new multipolar world."

It is reported that on June 19, Putin and Kim Jong-un held a meeting in Pyongyang. The two sides signed the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and intergovernmental agreements on health, medical education, scientific cooperation, etc. (Compiled by Tong Shiqun)