INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian President Vladimir Putin told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un the two countries will &expand the comprehensive and constructive
bilateral relations with common efforts,& Pyongyang&s state media reported on Monday.In a letter to Kim for Korea&s liberation day, Putin
said closer ties would be in both countries& interests, and would help strengthen the security and stability of the Korean peninsula and the
Northeastern Asian region, North Korea&s KCNA news agency said.Kim also sent a letter to Putin saying Russian-North Korean friendship had
been forged in World War II with victory over Japan, which had occupied the Korean peninsula, Reuters reported.The &strategic and tactical
co-operation, support and solidarity& between the two countries has since reached a new level is their common efforts to frustrate threats
and provocations from hostile military forces, Kim said in the letter
KCNA did not identify the hostile forces, but it has typically used that term to refer to the United States and its allies.Kim predicted
co-operation between Russia and North Korea would grow based on an agreement signed in 2019 when he met with Putin.The post Putin says
Russia and North Korea will expand bilateral relations first appeared on Ariana News.
