{"id":954,"date":"2026-03-23T09:52:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/?p=954"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:52:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:52:56","slug":"putin-congratulates-kim-jong-un-on-re-election-vows-to-strengthen-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/2026\/03\/23\/putin-congratulates-kim-jong-un-on-re-election-vows-to-strengthen-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin congratulates Kim Jong Un on re-election, vows to strengthen ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow(Voice Of Russia): Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his re-election as Chairman of the State Affairs Commission.<\/p>\n<p>In a congratulatory message published by the Kremlin, Putin said the decision by the Supreme People\u2019s Assembly reflects strong public support for Kim Jong Un\u2019s leadership, particularly in addressing socio-economic challenges and defending the country\u2019s sovereignty on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian president emphasized that Moscow and Pyongyang will continue to develop their strategic partnership and maintain close cooperation, which serves the fundamental interests of both nations.<\/p>\n<p>Putin also highlighted Kim Jong Un\u2019s personal contribution to strengthening bilateral relations, noting that Russia highly values the friendly and allied ties between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded by wishing Kim Jong Un continued success in his state duties, as well as good health and prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Kim Jong Un was re-elected during the ongoing congress of the Workers\u2019 Party in Pyongyang. He has led North Korea since 2011 and has served as Chairman of the State Affairs Commission since 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow(Voice Of Russia): Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his re-election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-russia-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/images-27.jpg",275,183,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/images-27-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/images-27.jpg",275,183,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/images-27.jpg",275,183,false],"large":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/images-27.jpg",275,183,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/images-27.jpg",275,183,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/images-27.jpg",275,183,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/images-27.jpg",275,183,false],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/images-27.jpg",275,183,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/category\/breaking-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Breaking<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/category\/russia-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Russia<\/a>","tag_info":"Russia","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":958,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions\/958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}