Russian figure on DPRK-Russia relations
KCNA
Pyongyang, February 17 (KCNA) -- Vladimir Tolstikov, chairman of the Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK, was interviewed by the Voice of Russia on Feb. 11.
He said that the meetings and talks between Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and DPRK General Secretary Kim Jong Il and the adoption of the Russia-DPRK Moscow declaration opened a prospect of new work before the association.
Reviewing the work done by the association last year, he referred to its action program for this year to boost the friendship and cooperation between the two countries and peoples. He underscored the need to significantly mark Feb. 16 and other auspicious holidays of the Korean people and the 10th anniversary of the association.
He vehemently denounced the U.S. hostile policy towards the DPRK and wished the Korean people bigger success in their efforts to achieve the peaceful and democratic reunification of the country without foreign forces' interference.
