The message extended warm greetings to the Russian president and his friendly people on the 73rd anniversary of Korea's liberation.

It noted that the valuable tradition that the peoples of the two countries struggled shoulder to shoulder against the common enemy in the arduous anti-Japanese war is the strong roots of the DPRK-Russia friendly relations and serves as a driving force to continuously develop the bilateral relations as required by a new era.

It sincerely wished the Russian president greater success in his responsible work for building powerful Russia.