Kim Jong Un vows to continue support for Russia

North Korean leader Kim Jong ‌Un said his country would continue to support Russia’s policies and discussed bolstering military ties with Moscow.

1news.media informs, citing Reuters, a Russian delegation including Defense Minister Andrei Belousov attended a completion ceremony for a memorial honoring North Korean soldiers killed while fighting in Russia’s ​Kursk region.

Kim said in a speech marking the memorial’s completion that North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces had “wiped out the aggressors,” ​adding that this had thwarted what he described as “the United States’ and the West’s hegemonic ambitions and military adventurism”.

“The North Korean government ​would continue to fully support Russia’s policies of defending its sovereignty, territorial integrity and security interests,” Kim noted.