North Korea’s Choi Sun-hee: “Russia will definitely win under Putin’s wise leadership” – Mael Business Newspaper

North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui, who is visiting Russia, confirmed her support for Russia, which invaded Ukraine, in Moscow on the 1st (local time) and confirmed her will to improve Korean relations. to strengthen North-Russia.

On the 2nd, the Korean Central News Agency reported that Foreign Minister Choi made this speech at a plaque unveiling ceremony marking President Kim Il-sung’s first official visit to the Soviet Union which was held at the Yaroslavsky Train Station in Moscow the day before. This is the first time that North Korean state media has published a detailed report regarding Foreign Minister Choi’s visit to Russia.

According to the news agency, Foreign Minister Choi emphasized in his speech, “Under the (North Korean and Russian leaders’) friendship and strategic direction, more emphasis is being placed on strategic value and importance North Korea-Russia relations. in the tough international political environment.” The story is that the ‘bromance’ established between North Korean President Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin through successive summit meetings is being further strengthen the opposition to the war in Ukraine.

North Korea and Russia used Foreign Minister Choi’s visit to Russia to cover the history of President Kim Il-sung’s first visit to the former Soviet Union in March 1949, before the North Korean government was overthrown. set up

President Kim, who was chosen as the leader of North Korea by Joseph Stalin, who was in charge of the Soviet Union at the time, is known to have visited Russia before forming the government and focused had obtained Stalin’s approval for an attack on the south which he received. support for weapons.

This contradicts North Korea’s current support of artillery and missiles to Russia during the Ukraine war and the unprecedented deployment of North Korean troops to Russia. On the other hand, it is in stark contrast to China’s recent efforts to erase traces of monuments related to Chairman Kim Jong-un’s visit to Dalian and the North Korea-China summit from

In his speech, Foreign Minister Choi also emphasized that “the Russian military and the people who rose up in the fight just to establish a new international order will definitely win under the leadership wise President Putin. “

In response, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave a speech about President Kim’s visit to the Soviet Union, calling it “one of the most important milestones of that time.” At the same time, he assessed that under the leadership of Chairman Kim and President Putin, the cooperative relationship between the two countries is accelerating to a new and higher level in all fields.