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Ever-developing DPRK-Russia friendship

KCNA

    Pyongyang, July 18 (KCNA) -- July 19 is the 3rd anniversary of the DPRK-Russia joint declaration. Exchanges and cooperation between the two countries have been activated in political, economic, scientific, cultural and other fields over the past three years.
    This is the fruition of the efforts made by the top leaders of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation.
    V. V. Putin, President of the Russian Federation, paid a visit to the DPRK from July 19 to 20, Juche 89 (2000) at the invitation of Kim Jong Il, chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK.
    During the visit, the two leaders had meetings and talks and adopted a joint declaration in Pyongyang.
    The joint declaration is a historic document which fully manifested the determination and will of the governments and peoples of the DPRK and Russia to put the friendly relations between the two nations on a new stage, ensure peace and security in Asia and the rest of the world and contribute to the healthy development of international relations.
    Kim Jong Il paid an official visit to the Russian Federation from august 4 to 5, 2001 at the invitation of Putin and an unofficial visit to St. Petersburg from August 6 and 7. He stayed in Russia from July 26 to August 18. During his stay in Russia, he met with Putin two times. And they signed the DPRK-Russia Moscow Declaration at the signing ceremony.
    He visited the far eastern region of the Russian Federation from august 20 to 24, 2002.
    He met and had talks with Putin in Vladivostok. He also conversed in a friendly atmosphere with the presidential envoy, governors of maritime territories and other Russian officials, and toured various cities in the region.
    His visits to the Russian Federation were epochal events which marked a new occasion in consolidating and developing the traditional DPRK-Russia friendship.
    He called at the Russian embassy in Pyongyang several times and received visiting high-ranking officials, delegations and art troupes from Russia.
    True to the spirit of the DPRK-Russia Joint Declaration and the DPRK-Russia Moscow declaration, the two countries have exchanged views on issues of common concern. They have held negotiations and concluded memoranda, plans for exchange, agreements, cooperation programs, etc.