Reading Kim Jong-un's Russian guestbook entry... "The glory of Rossiya is immortal"

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"The glory of Rossiya (Russia), which gave birth to the first conquerors of space, will be immortal."

This is what North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong Un wrote in the guestbook during his visit to a Russian space base on the 13th.

North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un arrived at the Vostochny Cosmodrome located in Amur Oblast, Russia, on the 13th (local time) and left a handwritten message.
[Photo by Sputnik Telegram Channel]

This appears to emphasize that Russia took the lead in space development ahead of the United States during the Cold War. The former Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite, in 1957. This event triggered the United States to rush into space development, starting the space race between the West and the communist bloc.

According to footage reported by local media, Chairman Kim, dressed in a black suit, arrived at the Vostochny Cosmodrome around 1 p.m. that day. President Putin, who had arrived 30 minutes earlier, personally welcomed Chairman Kim as he got out of the car.

Chairman Kim shook hands with President Putin for about 40 seconds while receiving his welcome. President Putin said to Chairman Kim, "Nice to meet you. This is our new space base." Chairman Kim replied, "Thank you for inviting and warmly welcoming us despite your busy schedule."

Their face-to-face meeting came after 4 years and 5 months since their first summit in Vladivostok in April 2019.

Vladimir Putin (left), President of Russia, is meeting Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea, on the 13th (local time) at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast.
[Photo by AFP/ Yonhap News]

TASS reported that Chairman Kim inspected the Soyuz-2 space rocket launch facility within the space base together with President Putin and toured the assembly and testing building of Russia's new Angara rocket.

Before the full-scale summit, the two leaders briefly expressed their positions in opening remarks before local media. The scheduled meeting time is about three hours, and there will be no separate press conference afterward.

Chairman Kim reportedly said at the event, "Relations with Russia are our top priority," and "We will always fight alongside Russia against imperialism," according to the news agency.

He continued, "We want to further develop relations with Russia," and "We have always supported and stood with President Putin and the Russian government’s decisions."

In response, President Putin said, "I am glad to meet again in Russia," and "As promised, we are meeting at the Vostochny base, our new rocket launch site."

He added, "At today's summit, we intend to discuss various fields such as economic cooperation and humanitarian cooperation," and "We also want to talk about the situation on the Korean Peninsula. There is much to discuss."

It was confirmed that Kim Yo Jong, First Deputy Director of the Workers' Party of Korea, accompanied Chairman Kim on this visit to Russia.

Foreign media footage captured Kim Yo Jong closely accompanying Chairman Kim as he arrived at and signed the guestbook at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast, Russia. Kim Yo Jong was not part of the delegation during the first North Korea-Russia summit held in Vladivostok in April 2019.

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