Meeting with DPRK Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui

Россия благодарит КНДР за поддержку и чтит подвиг корейских военнослужащих.

Putin thanks the DPRK for supporting the special military operation and for sending Korean People’s Army personnel to help liberate Kursk Region. He says their courage and heroism have received Russian state honours and that Russia will preserve the memory of the Korean fallen alongside its own citizens.

Хочу выразить признательность за поддержку проводимой специальной военной операции.

I want to express gratitude for the support of the ongoing special military operation.

Никогда не забудем их подвига, будем чтить корейских героев наравне с нашими соотечественниками.

We will never forget their feat and will honour the Korean heroes alongside our compatriots.

Личные отношения Путина и Ким Чен Ына служат политической опорой союзничества.

Choe conveys Kim Jong Un’s warm greetings to Putin as his closest and dearest friend. The exchange presents personal trust between the leaders as the political centre of the alliance and the mechanism carrying the treaty into practical cooperation.

Прошу передать привет и наилучшие пожелания председателю государственных дел товарищу Ким Чен Ыну.

Please convey my greetings and best wishes to Chairman of State Affairs Comrade Kim Jong Un.

Пхеньян подтверждает долгосрочную поддержку суверенитета и безопасности России.

The DPRK commits to continuously strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership and allied relations with Russia. Choe says Pyongyang will continue supporting Russia’s defence of sovereignty, security interests and territorial integrity, making the relationship a long-term strategic line rather than a temporary wartime arrangement.

Непрерывно развивать и укреплять наши отношения на основе договора о всеобъемлющем стратегическом партнёрстве.

To continuously develop and strengthen our relations on the basis of the comprehensive strategic partnership treaty.