Putin hails North Korean troops as ‘heroic’ in letter to Kim ...Middle East

In a letter marking the anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule, Putin recalled how Soviet Red Army units and North Korean forces fought together to end Japan’s colonial occupation.

“This was fully proved by the heroic participation of the DPRK soldiers in liberating the territory of Kursk Region from the Ukrainian occupationists,“ he said, according to news agency KCNA.

Putin added that the two countries would continue to “act jointly and effectively defend their sovereignty and make a significant contribution to establishing a just and multi-polarised world order.”

In April, North Korea confirmed for the first time that it had deployed a contingent of its soldiers to the front line in Ukraine, alongside Russian troops.

Around 600 North Korean soldiers have been killed and thousands more wounded fighting for Russia, Seoul has said.

The letter from Putin came alongside a visit by a Russian delegation to Pyongyang, where the speaker of the Duma thanked Kim for sending “excellent soldiers” to Ukraine, KCNA reported.

Volodin thanked Kim for “dispatching excellent soldiers to the Kursk liberation operations for driving out the Ukrainian aggressors”, according to KCNA.

Kim, meanwhile, said the delegation’s visit would promote the “development of the DPRK-Russia relations already on a new level.”

The call came three days ahead of Friday’s summit between Putin and Trump, the first between a sitting US and Russian president since 2021, as Trump seeks to broker an end to Russia’s more than three-year war in Ukraine. - AFP

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