Events Held in Russia to Mark 81st Anniversary of Korea's Liberation

Pyongyang, August 27 (KCNA) -- Meetings were held by the Maritime Territorial Branch Committee and the Sakhalin Regional Branch Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK and the Maritime Territorial Branch of the All-Russia War Veterans' Social Organization "Militant Fraternity" to celebrate the 81st anniversary of Korea's liberation.

Present there were personages of the Russian government, political parties, organizations and institutions and members of organizations for the study of the Juche idea and for friendship and solidarity with the Korean people.

Speeches were made at the meetings.

Personages of the Russian Veterans' Union, the Federation of International Peace Fund and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences said that the day of Korea's liberation is a significant day not only for the Korean people but also for the Russian people, adding that the militant friendship between the Korean guerrillas and the Soviet Union army provided in the course of struggle to annihilate Japanese militarism more than 80 years ago is being carried forward generation after generation.

They praised the DPRK people for accomplishing the cause of national liberation on the basis of the idea of self-reliant independence advanced by Comrade Kim Il Sung and consistently adhering to the principle of independence even in the period of unprecedentedly severe trials.

The first secretaries of the Maritime Territorial Branch Committee and the Sakhalin Regional Branch Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the chairperson of the Maritime Territorial Branch of the All-Russia War Veterans' Social Organization "Militant Fraternity" said that the DPRK and Russian peoples recollect the Korean revolutionaries and officers and men of the Red Army, who dedicated their youth and lives to the sacred cause of Korea's liberation, on every August 15.

A congratulatory message to respected Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un was adopted at the meeting held by the Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK.

Meanwhile, an event took place in Khabarovsk to mark the 15th anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il's visit to the Siberian and Far Eastern regions of the Russian Federation and the 81st anniversary of Korea's liberation.

Personages of political and social circles were present in the event. They praised President Kim Il Sung's exploits for Korea's liberation and explained the significance of Chairman Kim Jong Il's visit to the Siberian and Far Eastern regions.

They expressed their will to make positive contributions to the development of the DPRK-Russia friendly relations. -0-