SEOUL, January 1. /TASS/. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has wished Happy New Year to the soldiers and officers of the Korean People's Army (KPA) participating in foreign operations, according to the Central Telegraphic Agency of Korea (KCNA).
"Pyongyang and Moscow are behind you. Thanks to your self-sacrifice and dedication, the military brotherhood, friendship and unbreakable allied relations between the DPRK and Russia are strengthening," Kim Jong Un said.
The North Korean leader called on the KPA soldiers to remain brave.
"For the fraternal Russian people, for the high spirit and dignity of the Koreans, for the unyielding honor of our state," he added.
"On behalf of our party and the state, on behalf of our people, officers and soldiers of the entire army, parents, wives and children, I extend New Year's greetings to all the commanders and soldiers of the troops of the foreign operation. Although now, at these moments, you are fighting far from your homeland, but you are always close to the heart of our party and people as proud sons of the motherland.
