Pyongyang, March 18 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Monday extended congratulations to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin on his reelection to the presidency of the Russian Federation.

The congratulatory message sent by Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, will be conveyed to the Russian Foreign Ministry by Sin Hong Chol, DPRK ambassador to the Russian Federation. -0-