The message said that the internationalist feats and noble fighting spirit of the officers and men of the Red Army who unsparingly devoted their blood to the sacred cause of Korea's liberation are still kept dearly in the minds of the Korean people.

It said that the traditional friendly and good-neighbor relations between the two countries in which they have helped and supported each other in difficult times are greeting a new heyday thanks to the historic DPRK-Russia summit held in Vladivostok in April 2019.

It expressed belief that the cooperation between the DPRK and Russian foreign ministries would further develop, saying that she is rejoiced over the fact that the strategic and tactical cooperation between the two countries has been boosted in the struggle for defending the sovereignty and security of the country and world peace and stability.

On the same day, Choe Son Hui received a message of greeting from Sergei Viktorovich Lavrov on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of Korea's liberation.