The two countries, based on the treaty, have closely cooperated in the political, economic, cultural and other fields and strengthened the bonds of friendship while adhering to the principle of equality and reciprocity, the article says, and goes on:

The meetings between Chairman Kim Jong Il and President Putin in Pyongyang, Moscow and Vladivostok served as historic events which put the DPRK-Russia friendly relations onto a new high stage. With the historic meetings of the leaders of the two countries as occasions the DPRK-Russia Joint Declaration and the DPRK-Russia Moscow Declaration were adopted, opening up the prospect for the clear development of the DPRK-Russia friendship.

It is the consistent stand of the DPRK government to further strengthen the strategic and traditional relations of friendship between the DPRK and Russia as required by the new era.

The DPRK-Russia relations have recently developed on good terms in keeping with the common aspiration and interests of the peoples of the two countries.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un had the first historic meeting with President Putin in April last year and forged the good personal relations, further intensifying the bonds of the traditional DPRK-Russia friendship.

To steadily develop the DPRK-Russia friendly and cooperative relations is of great significance in ensuring the peace and security in Northeast Asia and the rest of the world and achieving co-prosperity.

The developing DPRK-Russia friendly relations are giving impetus to the Korean people's struggle for building a powerful socialist country and the Russian people's struggle for building a powerful state.