Kim Jong-un Sends Congratulatory Message to Putin... "Confident in Victory in the Sacred Struggle"

Commemorative Telegram to Putin on Victory Day... Strengthening North Korea-China-Russia Ties
"A Struggle to Realize International Justice" Regarding Ukraine Invasion

Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea, sent a congratulatory message to Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, on the occasion of 'Victory Day.' This appears to further solidify the close North Korea-China-Russia alignment amid the strengthening security cooperation among South Korea, the United States, and Japan.

According to the Korean Central News Agency on the 9th, Chairman Kim said in the congratulatory message, "On the meaningful day when the Russian people achieved a brilliant victory in the Great Patriotic War, I send warm congratulations to you and the friendly Russian government and people on behalf of the government and people of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)."

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin

He then defined Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine as a "sacred struggle to realize international justice and safeguard world peace against the imperialists' coercion and tyranny," and expressed confidence that "we will continue to achieve victory in the journey to crush all challenges and threats from hostile forces and to guarantee the country's sovereignty, dignity, and regional stability." By labeling the United States and Western countries supporting Ukraine and Russia’s invasion as "hostile forces" and "imperialists," this is interpreted as backing Russia in the Ukraine invasion war and the deepening new Cold War structure.

Victory Day commemorates May 9, 1945, when the Soviet Union accepted Nazi Germany’s surrender in World War II. Russia regards this as an important national holiday and celebrates it on a grand scale. The Russian Embassy in Pyongyang announced on Facebook that Ambassador Aleksandr Matsegora and embassy staff held wreath-laying ceremonies at the Moranbong Liberation Tower and the Soviet Soldiers’ Cemetery in Sadong District on this day. Furthermore, it explained that ahead of this Victory Day, North Korean diplomats visited memorial towers and cemeteries in Haeju, Nampo, Dongrim, Sinuiju, and Uiju to pay respects to the Soviet soldiers.

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