Overview
- North Korea’s Central Telegraph Agency released Kim’s New Year telegram to Vladimir Putin, and Russian state outlet RIA Novosti relayed the message.
- Kim states that Russia–DPRK relations further strengthened in 2025 and characterizes them as the most sincere allied ties.
- The message invokes imagery of sharing blood, sorrow, and joy in one trench and asserts that the relationship’s strength is firmly recorded in history.
- He says no one can break the cohesion between their peoples and pledges that he, his government, and the Korean people will stand with Russia.
- Kim wishes Putin good health and greater success in defending Russia’s dignity and interests, and he wishes happiness and prosperity to the Russian people.