Putin Leaves Pyongyang after Paying State Visit to N. Korea

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who paid a state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the invitation of Kim Jong-un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, left Pyongyang by the presidential plane at night of June 19 after successfully finishing his visit schedule.

At the Pyongyang meeting, which recorded a new page in the history of the DPRK-Russia relations of friendship and cooperation proud of a long history and good tradition, the top leaders of the two countries further deepened their comradely relationship firmly based on the noble ideology and brought about important and meaningful results in ensuring the long-term development of the strategic and future-oriented DPRK-Russia relations and comprehensively expanding them in the new era.

That day Pyongyang citizens warmly saw off the closest and precious friends along streets of the capital city full of the DPRK people's special respects and sincere feelings of friendship towards President Putin and the Russian people.

The DPRK people's will to further strengthen full support and solidarity with the Russian people struggling for independence, peace, justice and truth and further deepen the ties of friendship and unity between the DPRK and Russia were fully displayed at the roadsides.

The guard of honor of the Korean People's Army lined up at the stopping place of Pyongyang International Airport, where the national flags of the DPRK and the Russian Federation were fluttering, and a large number of people and pretty children stood with flowers.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un came to Pyongyang International Airport to send off President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

Present at the airport were Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the DPRK, Pak Jong Chon, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and secretary of the C.C., WPK, Jo Yong Won, secretary of the C.C., WPK, Kim Song Nam, director of the International Department of the C.C., WPK, and Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the C.C., WPK.

Seen there were Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and his embassy members.

An array of cars carrying friends of Russia, a close neighboring country, arrived at the airport amid warm send-off by the citizens.

A ceremony took place to see off Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

The national anthems of the DPRK and the Russian Federation were played.

Kim, together with Putin, reviewed the guard of honor of the KPA.

Putin bid farewell to senior state officials of the DPRK who came to send him off.

Kim said that he was very satisfied with the fact that he further deepened the genuine comradely friendship with Comrade Putin and reached excellent agreements consolidating the cornerstone of the DPRK-Russia relations in the new era, even though his stay in the DPRK was not long, adding that it is the consistent stand of the WPK and the DPRK government to attach the utmost importance to the friendship and cooperation between the two countries and steadily develop them.

He warmly said that the WPK and the DPRK government will fully support and encourage the sacred cause of Russia for building a powerful country and achieving independence and justice in the future, too, and that he and the DPRK people will always be with Comrade Putin and the Russian people, wishing the president safety on his way home.

Putin expressed his heartfelt thanks to the DPRK government and people for having offered warm hospitality and organized grand events for him with utmost sincerity during his visit and to President of the State Affairs Kim Jong Un for having shown special care to ensure that his Pyongyang visit could produce a wonderful and satisfactory result.

The two top leaders warmly embraced each other and shook hands, promising to steadily develop the friendly and cooperative relations and militant unity between the DPRK and the Russian Federation, which have reached a new strategic level, in conformity with the aspirations and desire of the peoples of the two countries.

The presidential plane of Putin left Pyongyang International Airport.

That day Putin visited the Jongbaek Church before leaving Pyongyang.

The visit to the DPRK by Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, which recorded the most brilliant page in the history of the great DPRK-Russia friendship and unity, serves as an important occasion of providing fresh vitality and great motive power to the progress and development of the two countries advancing with the goal of building a powerful state.