According to KCNA Kim Jong Un sent New Year's wishes to Putin and all Russians, including Russian soldiers, and expressed readiness to “further strengthen bilateral ties”which – as both leaders noted, “have raised to a new level this year.”
Kim wished that the New Year 2025 would go down in history as the first in the 21st century in which “the Russian army and people will defeat neo-Nazism and achieve a great victory.”
Kim i Vladimir Putin signed in June this year mutual defense agreementwhich stipulates that each side will come to the aid of the other in the event of armed aggression.
Cooperation between Russia and North Korea. They strengthen relationships
North Korea has already sent – it is estimated – several tens of thousands of soldiers Russiawho are fighting together with the Russians in the Kursk Oblast against Ukrainian forces. According to Seoul and Washingtonat least 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or injured so far.
Last week, journalists from “The New York Times” stated that it was Kim who first floated the idea of sending troops z North Korea to fight the Ukrainian military, not Vladimir Putin.
They also assessed that he expected from Moscow declarations of assistance on many issues in the long term.