According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the 18th, on the eve of his state visit to North Korea, Russian President Vladimir Putin published an article in the North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun saying that Russia and North Korea will elevate bilateral cooperation to a higher level.The article said that Russia and North Korea have maintained friendly and good-neighborly relations based on the principles of equality, mutual respect and trust for more than 70 years. The two countries are currently actively developing a multi-faceted partnership. The article stressed that the two countries will work together to “elevate bilateral cooperation to a higher level.”

The article also emphasized that the United States imposes the so-called “rules-based order” on the world, which is essentially a global neo-colonial dictatorship based on “double standards.”

According to the Kremlin Press Office and the Korean Central News Agency on the 17th, Putin will pay a state visit to North Korea from June 18 to 19.