PYONGYANG, Jun 18 (NNN-KCNA) – Russian President, Vladimir Putin, expressed his intent to enhance bilateral relations with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), in an article, ahead of his planned visit to the DPRK, it was reported today.
In the article, published by the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the DPRK, Putin said, Russia and the DPRK “will put bilateral cooperation onto a higher level, with our joint efforts, and this will contribute to developing reciprocal and equal cooperation between the two countries.”
Putin said, Russia will invariably support the DPRK’s fight to defend its freedom, sovereignty and the rights to choose its road of independence.
The Russian president also denounced the U.S.-imposed “order based on rules,” calling it “nothing but a world-wide neocolonialist dictatorship, based on double standards.”– NNN-KCNA