Politics

Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a message of greeting to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, on December 27.

The message said:

My Dear Comrade,

On behalf of the government of the DPRK and the Korean people, I extend the warmest and sincerest greeting of best wishes to you and, through you, to the government of the Russian Federation and the fraternal Russian people on the occasion of the New Year 2026.

The year 2025, filled with immortal events to be eternally recorded in the history of the relations between the two countries, was really a meaningful year when the two countries steadily wrote a great chapter of history of alliance in the new era through full mutual support and selfless encouragement in the grand course for carrying out the common sacred cause.

Along with the past days of 2025, the DPRK-Russia relations have been further consolidated into the sincerest alliance of sharing blood, life and death in the same trench, and their absolute solidity and mightiness have been more vividly etched in the pages of the times and history.

Now no one can break the relations between the peoples of the two countries and their unity, supported firmly by the embodiment of the strong will and strength to defend the just aspirations of the times and set right history.

Dear Comrade Vladimir Putin,

I think that today's DPRK-Russia alliance, whose unique invincibility and might has been verified most thoroughly in the grave tempest of history, is a precious common asset to be carried forward forever not only in the present era but also by posterity generation after generation.

I have always felt boundless pride in creating and writing the great history of the DPRK-Russia relations, the long-term DPRK-Russia friendship, together with you, my dearest friend, and I always feel deep emotion for it.

Respected Comrade Putin,

Justice and truth, victory and glory will always stand by you and your Russia.

I affirm once again that I, the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and all the Korean people will always be with you and the fraternal Russian people.

I sincerely wish you, Comrade President Putin, good health and greater success in your responsible work for defending the dignity and interests of Russia on the occasion of the hope-filled New Year 2026.

I sincerely hope that only happiness and prosperity will be in store for the Russian people.